A Systems Engineering Approach to the Development of an Autonomous Sailing Vessel

Abstract

Over the past four years, undergraduate students in the Systems Engineering degree program at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) have pursued autonomous sailboat systems development as part of their required capstone project in conjunction with students from the Naval Architecture program that design and fabricate the vessels. In this paper, we discuss the pedagogy of robotic sailing as a capstone for Systems Engineering students and discuss our approach to interdisciplinary tasks such as this. We also outline the design philosophy associated with the systems side of the equation, focusing on the on-board instrumentation and control hardware.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA589267

Entities

People

  • Bradley E. Bishop
  • Cody Keef
  • Joseph Bradshaw
  • Nicholas Taschner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Naval Architecture
  • Navigation
  • Pedagogy
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • STEM Education
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy