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Robotic Sailing 2013

Proceedings of the 6th International Robotic Sailing Conference

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Table of contents (11 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-12
  2. Hardware Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. MARIUS: A Sailbot for Sea-Sailing

      • Cédric Anthierens, Elodie Pauly, François Jeay
      Pages 3-12
    3. Development of a Low-Budget Robotic Sailboat

      • Christoph Schröder, Lars Hertel
      Pages 13-24
    4. VAIMOS: Realization of an Autonomous Robotic Sailboat

      • Olivier Ménage, Aymeric Bethencourt, Patrick Rousseaux, Sébastien Prigent
      Pages 25-36
    5. An Arduino Compatible CAN Bus Architecture for Sailing Applications

      • Kévin Bruget, Benoît Clement, Olivier Reynet, Bernt Weber
      Pages 37-50
  3. Energy and Power Management Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. An Embedded Low-Power Control System for Autonomous Sailboats

      • J. Cabrera-Gámez, A. Ramos de Miguel, A. C. Domínguez-Brito, J. D. Hernández-Sosa, J. Isern-González, E. Fernández-Perdomo
      Pages 67-79
    3. Sailboat as a Windmill

      • Luc Jaulin, Fabrice Le Bars
      Pages 81-92
  4. Modeling, Simulation, Control, and Stability Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Modeling and Control Design of a Robotic Sailboat

      • Hadi Saoud, Minh-Duc Hua, Frédéric Plumet, Faïz Ben Amar
      Pages 95-110
  5. High Level Control Architectures and Algorithms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. MPL—A Mission Planning Language for Autonomous Surface Vehicles

      • Henrique M. P. Cabral, José C. Alves, Nuno A. Cruz, José F. Valente, Diogo M. Lopes
      Pages 137-148
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 149-149

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • ENSTA Bretagne, Brest Cedex 9, France

    Fabrice Le Bars, Luc Jaulin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Robotic Sailing 2013

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 6th International Robotic Sailing Conference

  • Editors: Fabrice Le Bars, Luc Jaulin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02276-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02275-8Published: 02 September 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03379-2Published: 23 August 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02276-5Published: 15 August 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 149

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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