Robotic sailing 2013 [electronic resource] : proceedings of the 6th International Robotic Sailing Conference / Fabrice Le Bars, Luc Jaulin, editors.

9783319022765 electronic book
3319022768 electronic book
9783319022758

Cham : Springer, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xiv, 149 pages) : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-319-02276-5 doi

TJ211.495 .I58 2013

629.892

An autonomous sailboat robot is a boat that only uses the wind on its sail as propelling force, without remote control or human assistance to achieve its mission. This involves autonomy in energy (using batteries, solar panels, turbines...), sensor data processing (compass, GPS, wind sensor...), actuators control (rudder and sail angle control...) and decision making (embedded computer with adequate algorithms). Although robotic sailing is a relatively new field of research, several applications exist for this type of robots : oceanographic and hydrographic research, maritime environment monitoring, meteorology, harbor safety, assistance and rescue in dangerous areas. Over the last decade, several events such as the Microtransat challenge, the WRSC/IRSC and SailBot have been set up to stimulate research and development around robotic sailing. These proceedings cover the current and future academic and technology challenges raised by the development of autonomous sailboat robots presented at the WRSC/IRSC (World Robotic Sailing Championship/International Robotic Sailing Conference) 2013, in Brest, France, 2-6 September 2013.

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

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