World Robotic Sailing Championships to start in Cardiff
The World Robotic Sailing Championship (WRSC) ( http://www.roboticsailing.org/ ) is taking place in Cardiff this week, 17–21 September. Based at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, the event is being organised by the Department of Computer Science at Aberystwyth University. The boats themselves are robots and controlled by inbuilt state-of-the-art GPS systems which allows a person to choose where the boat should go, similarly to a Sat Nav system. As well as the competition, an International Robotic Sailing Conference will also be held Cardiff Bay Yacht Club on Wednesday 19 September. The event will welcome speakers from Germany, USA, Austria, Spain, France, the USA, Norway and Israel to specifically discuss cutting edge topics concerning autonomous sailing. Dr. Colin Sauzé, a Research Associate at the Department of Computer Science at the University explains, “The WRSC is a race for autonomous sailing robots. The WRSC is intended to promote the development of autonomous wind propelle...