Robotic Sailing 2012 Proceedings of the 5th International Robotic Sailing Conference /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sauzé, Colin (Editor), Finnis, James (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational intelligence.; Computational Intelligence.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Robotic sailing offers the potential of wind propelled vehicles which are sufficiently autonomous to remain at sea for months at a time. These could replace or augment existing oceanographic sampling systems, be used in border surveillance and security or offer a means of carbon neutral transportati...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 Collision Avoidance and Route Planning
• Part 2 Extended Field Tests
• Part 3 Controller, Sensor and Rig Design.