Sailing forward: A review of contrasts and synergies between racing and robotic sailing
Yang An, Jean-Baptiste RG Souppez, Zhikang Ge, Bo Peng, Mengwei Zhang, Gaofei Xu, and Zhengru Ren*. (2026). "Sailing forward: A review of contrasts and synergies between racing and robotic sailing." Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science.
竞技帆船与机器人帆船遵循相同的物理规律,却因目标取向与研究社群的分野而长期缺乏系统比较。本文沿部件性能、整船建模、运动控制与气象航路四级技术结构,采用五指标框架评估方法可迁移性,归纳二者的协同点、结构性分歧与共同挑战,为风力推进领域的交叉发展提供参照。
Although racing and robotic sailing are governed by the same physical principles, divergent objectives and research communities have long limited systematic comparison. This perspective review examines the two domains across four hierarchical dimensions—component performance, vessel modelling, motion control, and weather-aware routing—evaluates methodological transferability through a five-metric framework, and synthesises synergies, structural divergences, and shared challenges for the broader wind-propulsion community.