N-Boat: Design and Development of an Autonomous Robotic Sailboat
Autonomous Surface Vehicle, Aquatic Robotics, Robotic Sailboat
We propose the design and development of an autonomous sailboat, the N-Boat II, which is being built by the associated laboratories Natalnet (UFRN) and LAICA (IFRN). We introduce the electromechanical design, from design and construction to the control phase. Its great differential is distributed hardware by affinity along isolated watertight compartments. With the premise of being a prototype capable of replication and have complete open source, this robotic model will be used, in principle, to monitor water quality. However, this platform can be used in numerous tasks of various natures. Thus, it is expected at the end of this work, provide the community a complete infrastructure, with potential to be used scientifically, commercially or militarily, in proposals that require a robotic water surface vehicle with sufficient autonomy for medium and long missions.