MARIUS project: Design of a sail robot for oceanographic missions

This paper deals with the design process of a specific sailing robot designed for sea sailing. So we will present the aims and the context of this student project and thus the specifications that guided the sailboat design. Next, a part will be devoted to the methods and tools chosen to define and create such a complex mechatronic system. The third part will describe the role and the influence of the embedded intelligence to safely carry out a given mission. Finally we will conclude this paper with a point about the project itself and future works to do in order to improve Marius.