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Solitaire
1967 : Francis Chicester ending his solo round the world sailing
50 years ago, Francis Chichester was ending his single-handed round the world sailing. When will take place the 1st autonomous around the world voyage? -
UBC SailBot
UBC SailBot: Ada is likely lost at sea
Launched at sea at the end of August from St. John’s harbour in Newfoundland and after travelling 7785km in more than three months, the 5.5 meters long "Donautic" named Ada has been declared "lost at sea" by the team. But they are working to new projects. -
UBC Transat
UBC Sailbot ready to launch ADA across the Atlantic Ocean on a record-setting trip
After three years of many all-nighters, engineering challenges, a rotation of senior members graduating and new members stepping up and continuing our team’s success, UBC Sailbot is finally ready to make an incredible dream a reality! We are in Newfoundland, and about to launch our autonomous sailboat, Ada, across the Atlantic Ocean on a (...) -
Boeing
Echo Voyager : A 3rd sub-marine drone by Boeing
The american plane builder has presented a new submarine drone which completes a rang of 3 including the Echo Seeker (32 feet) and the Echo Ranger (18’). -
#Datamaran
Datamaran : A small Dronautic to collect and transmit hydrographic data
The Datamaran is an autonomous catamaran developed by the East coat company AMS (Autonomous Marine Systems). Based in Boston, Eamon Carrig, the CEO, has been working since 2007 on a small Dronautic able to collect and transmit hydrographic data across the surface of the (...) -
#Cruising
Assisted Sail Trim : Harken & Jeanneau "dronautise" sailboats
The french shipyard and the american manufacturer of sailboat hardware and accessories worked together to develop a system that could be very usefull on a sailing Dronautic. The AST trim the sails and is able to tack automatically. This is very useful for sailboat owners that are older and older with less crew and bigger boats. But can we (...) -
#Hydrocontest
Hydrocontest 2015 : Navigating drones tested in Switzerland
On July 15th to 19th, The 15 au 19 juillet Hydrocontest 2015 took place in Switzerland. It is a challenge for students who did compete in two divisions : Mass and Light Transport. The boats which did navigate on a lake present very interesting ideas on what could be an offshore navigating drone, a (...) -
Drone radiocommandé
Parrot Hydrofoil Minidrone : A quadrimotor drone on a foiler trimaran
The french compagny Parrot has presented in June a kind of mini Dronautic. The drone builder has imagined to join on of its quadrimotor drones to a 33 cm long trimaran wich can fly on the water thanks to its Hydroptere’ style foils. -
Seaproven
Sphyrna 70: A 20 meters long multihull drone
French captain of marine, Fabien Burignot de Varenne has imagined the Sphyrna 70, a 20 meters long asymmetric multihull drone. With his company, Seaproven, he wants to demonstrate that navigating drones can be useful for ports surveys, security or oceanographic studies. -
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Dronautic in the international press
Here are the articles published in the international press about Dronautic.
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