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Autonomous Sailboat Navigation
Autonomous Sailboat Navigation
Chapters 3–4 present the infrastructure, which has been developed as a basis
for further research into robotic sailing techniques:
• System architecture (Chapter 4): a flexible and reliable control and com-
munication infrastructure for robotic sailing boats is presented. Together it
represents a framework for all areas of autonomous sailing boat navigation.
Chapters 5–7 present the novelties and contributions to knowledge to the field
of robotic sailing in detail. Each of these chapters includes a theoretical descrip-
tion of the proposed approach, an experimental validation, and is concluded by
a discussion of the results:
Chapter 8 discusses the results and how they have met the original aims. Each
of the research questions is evaluated separately. Results are outlined as are their
limitations. Finally, this chapter gives an outlook to further research in the field
of autonomous sailing.
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