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</span>Autonomous Sailboats and Support Technologies</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Special Session on ROBOT’2019 - Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference</span></p>
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*IMPORTANT DATES*</p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Paper Submission: June 17, 2019</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Notification: July 22, 2019</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Camera Ready: September 6, 2019</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">*OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS*</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The design, development and deployment of autonomous ocean platforms for exploration and monitoring can provide researchers and decision makers with valuable data, trends and insights into the largest ecosystem
on Earth.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Most of the research on marine robots has been directed to electrically or fuel powered surface and underwater vessels. This type of vehicles presents severe limitations in range and endurance, depending on
battery capacity or onboard fuel for propulsion, making them unsuitable for long term operation in inaccessible areas, that would otherwise be well suited for unmanned operation. These limitations make wind propelled vessels, used by mankind since ancient
times, an attractive possibility.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Regardless of the recognition of its relevance, the design and development of such platforms remains an open challenge. In particular, energy efficiency, control and robustness are major concerns in terms of
autonomy and sustainability.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bearing in mind these ideas, the purpose of this Special Session is to join engineers, roboticists, researchers, and students to discuss and present new developments and innovative projects relevant to autonomous
sailboats and the involved support technologies.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">*SUBMISSION*</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Authors are invited to submit their work to this Special Session following the guidelines of Springer AISC template (http://www.springer.com/series/11156) up to a maximum of 12 pages through the EasyChair interface
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2019).</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">*TRACK CHAIRS*</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">- Benedita Malheiro, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science</span></p>
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- Jorge Cabrera Gámez, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Instituto Universitario de Sistemas Inteligentes y Aplicaciones Numéricas en Ingeniería</p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">- Manuel Silva, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Pedro Guedes, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">For further information on the Special Session “Autonomous Sailboats and Support Technologies”, please contact one of the track chairs:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">mbm@isep.ipp.pt, jcabrera@iusiani.ulpgc.es, mss@isep.ipp.pt, pbg@isep.ipp.pt</span></p>
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