Sailing Robot Out Of Control

Sailing Robot Out Of Control
Sailing Robot Out Of Control

Video: Sailing Robot Out Of Control

Video: Sailing Robot Out Of Control
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Sailing robot
Sailing robot

The sailing robot "Ada" developed by Canadian students

For three years, students from the University of British Columbi (UBC) built, tinkered and tinkered with on their "Ada". Then, a week ago, the time had come: the boat was put into the water in St. John's, Newfoundland, and sent on its way. It was to be the first autonomous, unmanned sailing ship to cross the Atlantic.

But it will probably not work anymore. Around 400 nautical miles after taking off, "Ada" went off course. Instead of sailing eastwards, the boat is now on a southerly course. The students suspect that "Ada" sustained an oar damage.

Sailing robot
Sailing robot

The previous course of the "Ada"

The project is still a success, according to a statement from the UBC students. After all, never before has an autonomously sailing boat penetrated as far east across the Atlantic as "Ada". However, the prospect that the boat could be salvaged by the coast guard or fishermen is extremely slim. "Ada" is already too far away from the American coast for that.

Similar projects have failed before. In 2010, researchers at the British University of Aberystwyth had also sent a sailing robot, the "Pinta", across the Atlantic, then from east to west. But the "Pinta" also went off course as a result of a storm off the Irish coast.

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