Canvassing Engineers to contribute to potential self parking and recovering dingy for yachts. “Dingy, come and get me” “Dingy, go dock on the boat”

[Daydream believer]

I would have to think about that. Happy to exchange ideas. But I know zilch about electronics. Perhaps building a model (say about 5 ft) to test a few theories would be fun. Use it to test docking & controls on a lake side, or pontoon, first would be within my capabilities, ( given a design) but not in the sailing season, that is for sure.
What are you like with CAD? I use Alibre, but am at the beginning stage having not had it long.I gave up with Freecad as there are too many bugs & Fusion 360 needs the cloud which is a pain in the rear.
Edit;-
I see your post#2 mentions fusion 360- sorry missed that

 

[creeks]

I presume you're aware of this company that I've previously mentioned elsewhere. Not exactly what you're trying to do but some of the technologies presumably similar to your requirements in terms of navigation, obstacle avoidance etc.

Roboat - Autonomy on the waterways.