Autonomous sailboat design: A review from the performance perspective

Y An, J Yu, J Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Autonomous sailboats are promising platforms for long-term marine science missions and
have become a research area of increased interest over the last two decades. To date …

Rigid wing sailboats: A state of the art survey

MF Silva, A Friebe, B Malheiro, P Guedes, P Ferreira… - Ocean …, 2019 - Elsevier
The design, development and deployment of autonomous sustainable ocean platforms for
exploration and monitoring can provide researchers and decision makers with valuable …

Small Unmanned Surface Vessels—A Review and Critical Analysis of Relations to Safety and Safety Assurance of Larger Autonomous Ships

V Bolbot, A Sandru, T Saarniniemi, O Puolakka… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autonomous ships represent an emerging paradigm within the maritime sector, poised to
bring multiple advantages. Although numerous prototypes have been developed, the …

Toward long-term sailing robots: State of the art from energy perspectives

Q Sun, W Qi, H Liu, X Ji, H Qian - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sailing robots can contribute significantly to maritime surface exploration, due to its potential
for long-range and long-duration motions in the environment with abundant wind. However …

[PDF][PDF] 无人帆船研究现状与展望

俞建成, 孙朝阳, 张艾群 - 机械工程学报, 2018 - researchgate.net
无人帆船是一种以海洋环境能源为驱动, 可以胜任远海作业, 具有实时数据传输功能和实时定位
功能, 低运营成本的多用途新型海气界面移动观测平台. 其以风力作为航行驱动力 …

Design and Energy Consumption Optimization of an Automatic Hybrid Sailboat

R Ou, C Liang, X Ji, H Qian - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To perform high endurance ocean cruise mission, energy is of paramount importance for
Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs). Autonomous sailboats, as a new type of ASV, can …

Free rotating wingsail arrangement for åland sailing robots

T Enqvist, A Friebe, F Haug - Robotic Sailing 2016: Proceedings of the 9th …, 2017 - Springer
This paper accounts for our ongoing work to evaluate, design and build an optimized
wingsail arrangement for one of Åland Sailing Robots' boats. By examining the current …

Energy optimization of automatic hybrid sailboat

Z Zhang, Z Yao, Q Sun, H Qian - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) provide an effective way to actualize applications
such as environment monitoring, search and rescue, and scientific researches. However, the …

Design and control of A hybrid sailboat for enhanced tacking maneuverv

Z Zhang, Y Lyu, F Raza, H Qian - 2018 13th World Congress on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sailing robots provide a low-cost solution to conduct the ocean missions such as marine
exploration, pollution detection, and border surveillance, etc. However, compared with other …

Adaptive ocean sampling with modular robotic platforms

NALM da Cruz - 2016 - search.proquest.com
Sampling the ocean is a very difficult task, not only requiring people to work in very
uncomfortable and stressful conditions, but also because the equipment has to be reliable …