WRSC (World Robotic Sailing Championship) is an autonomous sailboat competition that aims at stimulating the development of autonomous marine robotics. It is a spinoff competition from the Microtransat challenge, a trans Atlantic race for autonomous sailing robots. The WRSC is intended to promote the development of autonomous wind propelled sailing robots, through a series of short distance races, navigation and autonomy challenges. Many teams who take part in the Microtransat (or who plan to) also attend the WRSC. The accompanying IRSC (International Robotic Sailing Conference) provides researchers working on problems related to autonomous sailing the chance to exchange ideas during a scientific conference.

History

The first World Robotic Sailing Championships (WRSC) was organised by INNOC (The Austrian Association for Innovative Computer Science) and took place in Austria in 2008; it has taken place annually in different country every year since.

''First edition'' (2008)

From 20–25 May 2008 in Breitenbrunn/Neusiedlersee, Österreich.

''Second edition'' (2009)

The 2009 WRSC/IRSC event was held in the city of Matosinhos, north of Portugal, from July 6 to July 12, 2009 and organized by the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (School of Engineering of the University of Porto), in cooperation with the Clube Naval de Leça (a local sailing club).

''Third edition'' (2010)

The 2010 WRSC/IRSC event was held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 7 to 10 June 2010 .

''Fourth edition'' (2011)

This edition of the WRSC/IRSC , the World Robotic Sailing Championship, from 16–20 August 2011 was held in Lübeck, Germany.

''Fifth edition'' (2012)

This edition of the WRSC/IRSC was held at the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club in Cardiff, Wales, UK from 17 to 21 September 2012. The competition was organised by

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with assistance from

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''Sixth edition'' (2013)

This edition of the WRSC/IRSC event was held from 2 to 6 September in the city of

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, in north west of France, and organised by the National Institute of Advanced Technologies of Brittany, in cooperation with the

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was one of the sailboats of the competition.

''Seventh edition'' (2014)

The seventh edition of the WRSC/IRSC event was held from 8 to 12 September in the city of

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in the west of

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, and organized by the

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in cooperation with

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''Eighth edition'' (2015)

The eighth edition of the WRSC/IRSC event was held from 31 August until 4 September in the city of

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, and organized by the

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''Ninth edition'' (2016)

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"Proceedings of the 9th International Robotic Sailing Conference"
Editors: José C. Alves and Nuno A. Cruz event was held from 5 to 10 September in

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in the north of

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, and organized by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.

''Tenth edition'' (2017)

The tenth edition of the WRSC/IRSC event took place in

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, September 4–8
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''Eleventh edition'' (2018)

The eleventh edition of the WRSC/IRSC event took place in

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, UK, August 28 - September 1.

''Twelfth edition'' (2019)

The twelfth edition of the WRSC/IRSC event took place in

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, August 25th-30st
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References

External links

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wrsc2015.com
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