We are a group of Memorial University students who are building an autonomous sailboat to compete in the Sailbot and World Robotic Sailing competition. The team is made up of students from all MUN engineering disciplines. We hope to compete in the 2011 Sailbot competition with our 2m Sailbot class sailboat. As a team we are designing, fabricating and programming a fully autonomous vessel which will compete in match racing, station keeping, and long distance races. The ultimate challenge will be to send an autonomous sailboat across the Atlantic ocean. We hope you will take the time to browse through the site, see what we are up to, and add to the quest. If you would like more information please contact us at munsailbot at gmail.com.
Latest News
November 9, 2011
Several members attended IEEE's Newfoundland Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference on Novermber 1st, publishing and presenting a paper on our development.
June 21, 2011
We have placed 4th in the 2011 Sailbot competition in Annapolis,Maryland. We were leading in the last event of the long distance race when we suffered mechanical failure upon collision with an anchor chain. We unfortunately insued damages to both the hull and sails forcing the Miss's to resign from the race. Although the ship received enough damage to remove the boat from competition,the Miss's will be improved and sailing with in a week of its return back to Newfoundland. Overall the competition has been a success for the Memorial Sailbot team. Being the first competition for the MUN Sailbot team, we have done exceptional well against more experienced competitors. We contribute are success to are innovative real time operating system and the robust mechanical design of the ship. Are main flaw of the Miss's however was it was designed for high winds and wave conditions. Unfortunately, the competitions had light winds for the majority of the events. From the experience of the competition a new boat will be optimized for lighter wind conditions for competition. With additional funding and the strong work ethic of the MUN Sailbot team, we will be seek to compete in the 2012 Sailbot Competition in Vancouver.
May 24, 2011
We have reached are goal of mechanically completing the boat. The ship is now a floating vessel.