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This paper proposes a simple controller for sailboat robots. The resulting controller is simple to implement and its parameters are easy to tune. Its complexity is low enough to be applicable for sailing robots with very limited computation power. The presentation contains all the necessary details to allow a fast and reliable implementation of a sailboat robot controller which follows a line. The paper also presents a simple collision avoidance strategy based on interval analysis.
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Jaulin, L., Le Bars, F. (2013). A Simple Controller for Line Following of Sailboats. In: Sauzé, C., Finnis, J. (eds) Robotic Sailing 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33084-1_11
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