CNC yacht

Contacts

• Sergey Le-Zakharov
• Alexey Maistrov
• Alexey Red'kov
• Andrey Murachev
• Dmitry Elets

Club Page VK

Project goals and objectives

Objective: Developing an automatic control system for a sailing yacht.

In order to achieve our goals, the following tasks need to be done:

• Construction and installation of steering and hoisting sails mechanisms on the yacht
• Onboard sensors installation (GPS, magnetic compass, wind sensor, accelerometer)
• Hardware: development of a control module, based on the Arduino controller able to receive signals from the sensors and provide a feedback signal for a closed-loop control.
• Software: development of a program tool that calculates an optimal route considering the information received from the sensors.

The project is developing by Technical Section of Yachting.

Completed Goals

Yacht "Nubble" (6.5 m), which will be installed/equipped with the automatic control system, was purchased, renovated, equipped/staffed and launched on water. Implemented system, which using steering for control the set course. The system was presented at the boat models in LenExpo on The XVII International Forum “Russian Industrialist”.

Current Goals

• Write a simple algorithm «tacks moving». (Maistrov, Red’kov, Murachev)
• Choosing the best algorithm to control the tiller. (Maistrov, Murachev, Red’kov)
• Using a various of filtering algorithms, "Kalman filter". (A. Murachev)
• Getting data from a magnetic compass, taking into account of the yacht’s heeling effect. (A. Maistrov)
• The second option is an Android app with a yacht remote control interface and information from the sensors and a map. (A. Red’kov)

Solved problems

• Getting data from the GPS sensor and the first versions of the route algorithm from point A to point B. (A. Murachev)
• The first version of the Android app for the yacht remote control. (A. Red’kov)

Press about us

• Newspaper "Metro": "An autopilot yacht built In St. Petersburg"

• On Air "Autoradio" from the 31.10 at 18:30 (a part of a news broadcast about Fablab).

• The story on TV channel «St. Petersburg» about the autopilot"

Participation in competitions and exhibitions

• June 2013: a victory in the UMNIK competition
• St.-Petersburg International Innovation Forum “Lenexpo”
• Competition in projects of small-size shipbuilding (2nd prize)
• Exhibition "VOLGA Boat Show 2013"

What is demand

The yacht that is capable of:

• The movement of the track that user drew with a finger
• Tracing track and cyclic moving on it
• Sonar function
• "Parktronic" on a yacht with a proximity sensor and a camera (optional)
• Fail-safe autopilot automatically turning off at a speed over 20 km/h
• Cruise control up to 35 km/h
• GSM alarm system
• Wireless speakers for the iPhone
• Satellite tracking

Informational resources

• http://yachtingcalendar.ru/ яхтенный календарь.рф