• DocumentCode
    2754703
  • Title

    IBOAT: An autonomous robot for long-term offshore operation

  • Author

    Briere, Yves

  • Author_Institution
    ISAE, Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    5-7 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    323
  • Lastpage
    329
  • Abstract
    The concept of autonomous sailing robot is proposed for long term offshore operation as an enhancement for traditional drifting buoys. A prototype of a sailing robot is fully described: structure, sensors, actuators, control system and communication. The sailing boat is modeled and identified from experiments. Control and navigation system is addressed. A simple state machine controller shows very robust performance for both low level and maneuver control.
  • Keywords
    marine systems; mobile robots; IBOAT; actuators; aerodynamic force; autonomous sailing robot; control system-and-communication; control-and-navigation system; long term offshore operation; maneuver control; sailing boat modeling; state machine controller; traditional drifting buoys; Actuators; Boats; Communication system control; Control systems; Navigation; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Robust control; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrotechnical Conference, 2008. MELECON 2008. The 14th IEEE Mediterranean
  • Conference_Location
    Ajaccio
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1632-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1633-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MELCON.2008.4618455
  • Filename
    4618455