PLYMOUTH AUTONOMOUS SAILBOAT

Join us in our research on autonomous sailboats control systems

About The Project

This project aims at understanding and improving the control of autonomous sailboats. The University of Plymouth, on the supervision of Dr. Jian Wan, has offered the means to test, experiment and innovate in this field.

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Join us in our work on developping, building and innovating the autonomous sailboat

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Our Work

Open Source

Our boats run on Open Source code ! Check them out, improve them or use them at your own convenience !

Do It Yourself

Our hardware is scalable and is easy to integrate. Follow our guide and help our research community to make Autonomous Sailboats the new free energy ocean vehicle of the future.

Our Team

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Ulysse Vautier

PhD Student in Autonomous Sailboats

Ulysse Vautier

Qualifications:

MRes in Signal Processing, Machine Learning, UPMC, France

MEng in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Polytech Paris-UPMC, France

Background:

R&D Software and Hardware Engineer at BLUE FROG ROBOTICS, Paris, France

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Jian Wan

Lecturer in Control Systems Engineering

Member of Autonomous Marine Systems (AMS) Research Group

Jian Wan

Qualifications:

PhD (Summa cum Laude) at Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automatic Control, University of Girona, Spain

MEng at Department of Automatic Control, School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

BEng at Department of Materials Forming and Control Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechncial University, China

Professional membership

Member, IEEE

Fellow, The Higher Education Academy

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Ming Dai

BEng/MEng Programme Manager (Mechanical and Marine Engineering)

Ming Dai

Qualifications:

BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering (with speciality in Internal Combustion Engines); Shandong University, China, 1984

PhD in Marine Technology; Newcastle University, UK, 1992

Professional membership

External Examiner, MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering, 2014-2017, Cranfield University

External Examiner, MSc in Renewable Energy Technology, 2015-2017, Cranfield University

External Examiner, MSc in Energy Supply for Low Carbon Future, 2015-2017, Cranfield University

External Examiner, MSc in Marine Engineering, 2012-2017, University of Strathclyde

External Examiner, MSc in Technical Ship Management, 2014-2016, University of Strathclyde

External Examiner, MSc in Marine Engineering, 2010-2014, Newcastle University

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Robert Hone

Lecturer in Nautical Studies

Robert Hone

Qualifications:

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice 2012

BA (Hons) with Art History 2008

BA "Open Degree" 2005

Class 1 Master Mariner 1989

Professional membership

Fellow Nautical Institute (Hon.Sec South West of England Branch)

Fellow Higher Education Academy

Member: South West Merchant Navy Welfare Board

Member: South West Company of Mariners

Member: Human Element Advisory Group

Member: Plymouth University Maritime Cyber-Crime Research Group

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Christophe Viel

Post Doctorate at University of Plymouth

Christophe Viel

Qualifications:

Post Doctorate at University of Plymouth

PhD in Robotics; ONERA, Palaiseau, France 2017