World Robotic Sailing Championship 2008
World Robotic Sailing Championship with Microtransat Trial
20th to 25th of May 2008 in Breitenbrunn at Lake Neusiedl, Austria
Organised by the Austrian Association for Innovative Computer Science in cooperation with the Yacht Club Breitenbrunn.
Austrian robot sailing boat is world champion!
In the pouring rain and frosty wind, the world championship week started in Breitenbrunn on May 20. During this first world championship, fully autonomous sailing boats from Austria, Portugal, Great Britain and Canada were competing in two competitions. The first world champion in robot sailing is the "ASV roboat" developed by Roland Stelzer, Karim Jafarmadar and Raphael Charwot from the Austrian Association for Innovative Computer Science (InnoC).
- 1st Team InnoC
(AUT)
- 2nd Team Aberystwyth
(GBR)
- 3rd Team MAST
(CAN)
- 4th Team Porto
(POR)
News
- 28.05.2008 - Conference proceedings available for download
- 26.05.2008 - New press release (German) and first photos online
- 26.05.2008 - Result online
- 06.05.2008 - Austrian president Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer visit human vs. machine race on 24th of May
- 06.05.2008 - New press release (in German) "Österreichisches Roboter-Segelboot nimmt Kurs auf WM-Titel"
- 27.02.2008 - Submission Deadline for Conference postponed to 15.03.2008
- 31.01.2008 - Updated Informationen concerning depth and currents.
- 31.01.2008 - Conference registration is now open.
- 18.01.2008 - Formula for runtime compensation according to boat length announced!
- 18.01.2008 - Example file (MS Word, LaTeX) for IRSC paper submission available!
- 18.01.2008 - Student bursaries available!
