WRSC/IRSC 2012

The 5th World Robotic Sailing Championships and International Robotic Sailing Conference

Cardiff, Wales, UK - September 17th - 21st 2012



Competing Boats

Note this page does not include boats build during the hacker challenge, details of these will be added during the competition.

BeagleB - Aberystwyth University

  • Team Location: Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
  • Class: Microtransat
  • Length: 3.65 m
  • Displacement: 280 kg
  • Draft: 0.65 m
  • Beam: 0.86 m
  • Hull Type: Based on a Mini-J disabled sailors dinghy hull
  • Sail Type: 2 square metre carbon fibre wing sail
  • Sensors and Computers: GPS, Fluxgate Compass, Ultrasonic windsensor, Gumstix Single Board Computer
  • Power Systems: 2.8 KW/h of lead acid batteries and 90 W peak of photovoltaic solar panels.
  • Communications: Wifi, Iridium Satellite Modem, optional GSM.
  • Other notes: We will be using a smart phone camera to perform collision avoidance

Eastern - Seascope

  • Team Location: Everett, Massachusetts, USA
  • Class: Sailbot
  • Length: 1.07 m
  • Displacement: 4.5 kg
  • Draft: 0.39 m
  • Beam: 0.2 m
  • Hull Type: Based on the Racing Sparrow 1m.
  • Sail Type: Ripstop nylon mainsail and jib.
  • Sensors and Computers: Open hardware ARM9 single board computer based on NXP LPC3130 running Linux and mc13224v ARM7 wireless microcontroller running Contiki. SiRF StarIII based GPS, LSM303 electronic compass, and potentiometer base wind vane.
  • Power Systems: 10V LiFePO4 2.1Ah battery packs
  • Communications: LoWPAN 802.15.4 and/or 802.11 at 20dBm transmit power
  • Other notes:

FASt - University of Porto

  • Team Location: FAST - University of Porto (FEUP) and INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal
  • Class: Microtransat
  • Length: 2.5 m
  • Displacement: 60 kg
  • Draft: 1.25 m
  • Beam: 0.67 m
  • Hull Type: Based on a scaled down version of a Class 40 hull.
  • Sail Type:
  • Sensors and Computers: FPGA-based computer running Linux
  • Power Systems: 190 W/h of Lithium Ion batteries and 45 W peak of photovoltaic solar panels.

Friend II - Seascope

  • Team Location: Everett, Massachusetts, USA
  • Class: Micromagic
  • Length: 0.053 m
  • Displacement: 1 kg
  • Draft: 0.2 m
  • Beam: 0.18 m
  • Hull Type: Graupner Micromagic.
  • Sail Type: Standard Graupner jib and main sail.
  • Sensors and Computers: Open hardware ARM9 single board computer based on NXP LPC3130 running Linux and mc13224v ARM7 wireless microcontroller running Contiki. SiRF StarIII based GPS, LSM303 electronic compass, and potentiometer base wind vane.
  • Power Systems: 10V LiFePO4 2.1Ah battery packs
  • Communications: LoWPAN 802.15.4 and/or 802.11 at 20dBm transmit power
  • Other notes:

Gill the Boat - US Naval Academy

  • Team Location: US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
  • Class: Sailbot
  • Length: 2 m
  • Displacement: 25 kg
  • Draft: 1.5 m
  • Beam: 0.6 m
  • Hull Type: Custom designed hull built for the SailBot class.
  • Sail Type: Bermudan style fabric mainsail and jib.
  • Sensors and Computers: Rabbit controller mounted on a in-house designed and built board that includes a GPS receiver. Relative wind is measured by an optical encoder and she has a working ultrasonic collision avoidance system.
  • Other notes: She was wholly designed, built and is operated by the midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy. She has reached speeds of over 6 knots and has taken voyages up to 21 nautical miles.

Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Line and Trine - University of Lübeck

  • Team Location: Lübeck, Germany
  • Class: Micromagic
  • Length: 0.53 m
  • Displacement: 1 kg
  • Draft: 0.2 m
  • Beam: 0.18 m
  • Hull Type: Graupner Micromagic.
  • Sail Type: Standard Graupner jib and main sail.
  • Sensors and Computers:
  • Power Systems:
  • Communications: Bluetooth
  • Other notes:

Sponsored by:

The British Computer Society Logo The Institution of Engineering and Technology

handee, 1161774, amandaclare, jcblack, mchiv80159, gordonstewart, arnaudlb, als and arnaudlb who sponsored us on Crowdfunder.



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