Sailing robot without wind sensor

 

 

Paper by Kai Xiao, Jan Sliwka, Luc Jaulin (2009). A wind-independent control strategy for autonomous sailboats based on Voronoi diagram. CLAWAR 2011, Paris, 2011. pdf.

This paper has received the best paper award.

Associated source-code

 

 

Simulation of the windsensorless strategy. The same with youtube

 

Real tests without any wind sensors (made on the Tycolo lake, Brest, France). The boat is in an autonomous mode.

Real test 1 : film 1a (the same with youtube),   film1b (the same with youtube).

Real test 2 : film 2a (the same with youtube), film2b (the same with youtube).

 

 

 

Film 1 youtube : sailboat in the ocean

 

 

 

 

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