Robotic Sailing 2017 Proceedings of the 10th International Robotic S
Robotic Sailing 2017. This book contains the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference which was organized in conjunction with the 10th World Robotic Sailing Championship held in Horten, Norway the 4th-9th of Sept
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Robotic Sailing 2017 Proceedings of the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference
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Robotic Sailing 2017
Kjell Ivar Øvergård Editor
Robotic Sailing 2017 Proceedings of the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference
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Editor Kjell Ivar Øvergård Department of Maritime Operations University College of Southeast Norway Borre Norway
ISBN 978-3-319-72738-7 ISBN 978-3-319-72739-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72739-4
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Preface
Autonomous surface vessels are currently a focus area for industry and academia. Efforts are now underway to produce MV Yara Birkeland, the first unmanned fully autonomous vessel for goods transport. The battery-powered vessel is an industry collaboration between Yara and Kongsberg Maritime and expected to replace 40.000 tuck-loads between the island Herya and ports in Brevik and Larvik. Significant resources are put into the development of this project. Similar initiatives are underway with both offshore supply vessels and small passenger ferries. Unfortunately, the same resources are not available for research and development of robotic sailing vessels, which has the advantage of using just clean, renewable and free energy for propulsion. Battery-powered vessels have the advantage that energy is readily available, but the production of batteries and electricity comes with a negative environmental footprint. The range of applications for zero-energy sailing vessels can be argued as limited compared to powered vessels, but sailing vessels have the advantages of be
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