Robotic Sailing 2017, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Proceedings of the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference

Robotic Sailing 2017. This book contains the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference which was organized in conjunction with the 10th World Robotic Sailing Championship held in Horten, Norway the 4th-9th of September 2017. The seven papers cover topics of interest for autonomous robotic sailing which represents some of the most challenging research and development areas.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains papers which focus on the design of sails and software for the assessment and predication of sailboat performance as well as software platforms and middleware for sailboat competition and research. The second part includes algorithms and strategies for navigation and collision avoidance on local, mid- and long range.

The differences in approach in the included papers show that robotic sailing is still an emerging cross-disciplinary science. The multitude of suggestions to the specific problems of prediction and simulation of sailboats as well as the challenges of route planning, anti-grounding and collision avoidance are good indicators of science in its infancy. Hence, we may expect the future to hold great advances for robotic sailing. 

Presents recent research in robotic sailing

Contains the proceedings of the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference held in Horten, Norway - September 4-8, 2017

Devoted to the evaluation and development of fully autonomous unmanned sailing boats in the field