Overview
Recent research in Robotic Sailing Proceedings of the 4th World Robtotic Sailing championship with the accompanying International Robotic Sailing Conference WRSC/IRSC
WRSC/IRSC held in Lübeck in August 2011
Written by leading experts in the field
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Table of contents (14 papers)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Localization and Route Planning
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Keywords
About this book
While sailing has a long tradition, both as a means of transportation and as a sport, robotic sailing is a fairly new area of research. One of its unique characteristics is the use of wind for propulsion. On the one hand, this allows for long range and long term autonomy. On the other hand, the dependency on changing winds presents a serious challenge for short and long term planning, collision avoidance, and boat control. Moreover, building a robust and seaworthy sailing robot is no simple task, leading to a truly interdisciplinary engineering problem.
These proceedings summarize the state of the art as presented at the International Robotic Sailing Conference 2011. Following an overview of the history of autonomous sailing a number of recent boat designs is presented, ranging from small one-design boats to vessels built to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Subsequently, various aspects of system design and validation are discussed, further highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the field. Finally, methods for collision avoidance, localization and route planning are covered.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Robotic Sailing
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 4th International Robotic Sailing Conference
Editors: Alexander Schlaefer, Ole Blaurock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22836-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22835-3Published: 15 July 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50762-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22836-0Published: 15 July 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 205