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Tufts Robotic Sail Team is a diverse group of engineers with one common goal: make something epic. We aim to build a robotic sailboat that can cross the Atlantic autonomously. Currently, we are working...
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Sailbot Update
Our boat is almost ready for it’s first round of tests. During the past two weeks we have conquered our final exams and attached the keel, rudder, the radio board, and all the deck parts. The last part...
View ArticleThe Microtransat Challenge
The Microtransat Challenge is an international competition dedicated to the development of autonomous sailboats. The first competition started in 2006 and in 2010, Aberystwyth University and team...
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Coding Update
Our coding for the sailbot boat is underway. We are using LabView 2012 to program the Arudino that controls the boat. Dominic Guru, a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering, is testing our servos...
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GPS Testing
Currently, our biggest engineering challenge is getting our GPS sensor to work. Last night Dominic and Joshua tried to read some GPS data to no avail. First GPS test didn’t go so well. We are pretty...
View ArticleSailbot
Welcome to the TRST blog for Sailbot. Sailbot 2013 is an international robotic competition that challenges Universities, High Schools, and hobbyists to race robotic sailboats. This year, Olin College...
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Maiden Voyage
This Memorial Day weekend, Tufts Robotic Sail Team (TRST) started the summer right with the maiden voyage of our first robotic sail boat. This first sail tested the work we put in over the past couple...
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Final Preparations for Sailbot
Testing manual control the day before Sailbot. On Sunday, Dominic Guri, Andrew Schneer, Duncan Swain, and Joshua Prince represented Tufts Robotic Sail Team during the welcome and preliminary testing...
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Sailbot Day 1
TRST poses with F-dash after our Navigation Test. Today was the first day of Sailbot 2013, and Tufts Robotic Sail Team (TRST) competed in a Navigation Test and a Fleet Race. The Navigation Test tested...
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Sailbot Days 2 and 3
Races for day two of Sailbot 2013 were cancelled because of inclement weather so TRST delivered their presentation to the Sailbot judges. Duncan Swain, Dominic Guri, and Joshua Prince explained our...
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Sailbot Finale
This Thursday was the last day of Sailbot with one last race–the box course. The box course is a demonstration event aimed at showing off each boat’s autonomous ability. Officially called “Station...
View ArticleSpring Rebirth
It’s been a while since our last blog post … but we’re back! The team worked last semester to plan and develop our strategy for Microtransat and Sailbot 2014. Over the last couple of months we became...
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