OUR TEAM

Over 60 students from the University of British Columbia, ready to adapt to ever-changing global conditions and break marine engineering boundaries.

Software/Navigation/Control Team

  • The Software/Navigation/Control Team is responsible for designing and testing Raye’s autonomous capabilities. They work on both low-level and high-level integration, from Raye’s integrated sensor network to its pathfinding algorithm. Our planning and control algorithms are seeking to leverage sailing dynamics from a paper: Modeling and Nonlinear Heading Control of Sailing Yachts by Jerome Jouffroy.

    • Global and local path planning algorithms - including OMPL

    • Universal CAN Communication Modules (UCCM)

    • Automated sensor data and communication management

    • Simulink based sailboat model and low-level controller design

    • Sail encoder (Custom-made rotary encoder)

    • Data communication and controller web-app

Electrical Team

  • The Electrical Team is responsible for designing and integrating Raye’s electrical system. They work on a variety of electrical engineering facets, such as implementing solar power/battery management with SCADA support, coding/testing CAN Bus capable controllers for low-level control, and verifying electromechanical/RF system requirements.

    • Shore Power Charger

    • “Auto-sail” CAN System 

    • Autonomous Power Initiative

    • Boat Wiring

    • Marine CAN Controller (MCC)

Mechanical Team

  • The Mechanical Team is responsible for designing and building Raye’s physical structure. They handle material sourcing, design testing, and boat construction. This ranges from composite design to hydrodynamic design! We are a well rounded team that likes to dig deep into many areas of design and engineering. 

    • Design of dual skeg hung rudders and drivetrain

    • Keel with cast lead bulb

    • Custom rigging and control system

    • Sensor and solar panel mounts

    • Layup and fairing of fully composite hull

    • Vacuum assisted layup and resin infusion process development

    • Stability and resistance analysis

Finance Team

  • The Administrative/Finance Team is responsible for managing and organizing UBC Sailbot. They perform team administration, budgetary planning, and industry outreach.

    • Long- and short-term budget planning

    • Funding applications

    • Industry and sponsorship relations

Outreach Team

  • The Outreach Team is a newly formed team, responsible for public engagement and student activities. They perform reach outs for recruitment, planning for technical/social events, and public relations.

    • Graphics and media design for public release

    • Coordination for upcoming Geering Up Presentation

    • Sponsorship newsletters for technical insider of UBC Sailbot activities

    • Set-up and coordination of UBC Sailbot booth at 2021 Virtual VIBS

Leadership Team

The leadership team contains all of the project leads, team leads, and co-captains from various sub-teams. They are responsible for team integration and higher level administration. This is on top of their technical responsibilities on their sub-teams.