An Embedded Low-Power Control System for Autonomous Sailboats

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An Embedded Low-Power Control System for Autonomous Sailboats

Cabrera-Gámez, J. / Ramos de Miguel, A. / Domínguez-Brito, A. C. / Hernández-Sosa, J. D. / Isern-González, J. / Fernández-Perdomo, E.

Abstract

This work presents a small and affordable autonomous sailboat platform designed to be transported and operated by one or two people without any special means. The sailboat is based on a RC One Meter class vessel equipped with a low power 8-bit microcontroller board and a set of navigation sensors (compass, GPS, wind vane, ...) and a 868 MHz RF module. It has been designed to serve as a low cost replicable testbed platform for research in autonomous sailing. The embedded control system makes the sailboat completely autonomous to sail a route determined as a sequence of waypoints, adapting its sailing point dynamically to wind conditions. The control system is completed with an off-board base station that permits to monitor and control the boat or defining a new route. The system is characterized by its long autonomy and robustness in case of communication failures.

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Title :

An Embedded Low-Power Control System for Autonomous Sailboats

Contributors:

Bars, Fabrice Le (editor) / Jaulin, Luc (editor) / Cabrera-Gámez, J. (author) / Ramos de Miguel, A. (author) / Domínguez-Brito, A. C. (author) / Hernández-Sosa, J. D. (author) / Isern-González, J. (author) / Fernández-Perdomo, E. (author)

Published in:

Robotic Sailing 2013 ; Chapter : 6 ; 67-79

Publication date :

2014-01-01

Size :

13 pages

ISBN :

978-3-319-02276-5 , 978-3-319-02275-8

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02276-5_6

Type of media :

Article/Chapter (Book)