UBC Sailbot
Ada 2.0
Sponsorship Package
Autonomously Challenging the World’s Oceans
WHO WE ARE
A team of 60 students and industry mentors Every year more than 60 students from the University of British Columbia come together to design and build fully autonomous sailboats, Sailbots. Our motivation is neither class credit nor financial gain; we are simply passionate about complex programming, advanced electronics, and sailing.
WHAT WE DO
Conquering the Pacific Ocean in the Vic-Maui Yacht Race After winning the International Robotic Sailing Regatta three years in a row, UBC Sailbot took on the Microtransat challenge. After three years of work, our team launched Ada, our transatlantic sailboat in August 2016. Although she was unsuccessful in completing the challenge due to a mechanical failure, she set a world record for distance, beating all previous attempts by more than 200% with 800km of fully autonomous control, and her core systems have remained functional for more than 5000km of total travel over more than a month on the ocean. We are designing a new vessel for the Pacific Ocean, which will incorporate all of the exciting features that made Ada such a success, but will be more refined, with less time from design to build. It will resist anything that the ocean can throw at it, avoid near and far-field obstacles with a sophisticated sensing package, and leverage weather patterns to minimize travel time.
WHY WE DO THIS
This is a lesson that shapes careers and lives UBC Sailbot gives students the opportunity to hone several skill sets. Conceptualizing, networking, and hands-on engineering are all natural aspects of the Sailbot experience. Our greatest achievements are a result of honing each team member’s unique skills, and maximizing their potential. Identifying problems, learning industry techniques, and emphasizing the importance of manufacturing limitations are just some of the real-world practices that bridge classroom work to actual professional practice.
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
With your help, we can continue to excel More than anything else, developing a state of the art robotic sailboat requires dedication from the entire team. It also requires advanced materials, high-tech microcontrollers, accurate sensors and powerful communication equipment. In keeping with our team’s ethos of accepting only the very best, the UBC Sailbot team uses only the very best materials and components in order to make the best vessels. These items are expensive, and this is why the ongoing support of our sponsors is so critical to the success of our team.
Ada Budget
New Vessel Budget Tools Office Supplies
Promotion Sponsorship
Website Boat - Mechanical Boat - Electrical and Software
Shipping and Customs Local Testing Non-Local Travel and Testing
Health and Safety
We practice financial responsibility, and are happy to share financial reports with our sponsors.
Our new vessel will have a total cost of approximately $120k, which is close to what we spent on Ada. This amount will allow us to build and test our new vessel for the VicMaui Yacht Race. Although we will not reduce costs overall, we intend to spend money where it counts, and build the best boat possible while keeping travel and testing costs low.
Design Phase Ada 1.0 Design Review - 08/2016-10/2016 Review lessons learned from Ada 1.0 Design Approach Plan for Ada 2.0 - 09/2016-10/2016 Develop robust design methodology from industry best practices Design Requirements - 08/2016-10/2016 Identify key design requirements for our new vessel's success Testing Plans - 09/2016-01/2017 Complete and follow a thorough and focussed testing plan Construction Research - 09/2016-01/2017 Research materials based on prior experience and commercial yachts Component Selection - 09/2016-04/2017 Select appropriate components based on needs and requirements Power Requirements & Power System Design - 09/2016-01/2017 Based on Ada and requirements, design a robust power system In-House & External Design Reviews - 09/2016-01/2017 Preliminary designs will be reviewed internally and by experts Electrical mock-up - 11/2016-08/2017 Integrate sensors, motors, and CAN bus isolated from boat Noise & stress testing - 01/2017-12/2017 Simulate and test for expected conditions Obstacle avoidance testing - 04/2017-12/2017 Gather data and test obstacle avoidance from a manned boat External Design Review - 04/2017-08/2017 Final designs reviewed by Sailbot alumni and experts
Project Timeline
Construction Phase
Testing Phase
Mechanical Construction - 04/2017-12/2017 Build new vessel based on chosen design including external specialized labour Electrical Construction - 04/2017-12/2017 Construct modular electrical system from protoboards to PCBs Software Simulation - 01/2017-07/2017 Simulate new vessel to see how software responds to different situations
Integrated On-Land Testing - 07/2017-12/2017 Test systems on land to ensure that they work well together Supported On-Water Testing - 01/2018-07/2018 Test entire boat under close supervision Unsupported On-Water Testing - 05/2018-07/2018 Test boat to achieve defined goals before it can attempt its ultimate goal – to win the Vic-Maui Yacht Race!
SPONSOR BENEFITS
Get access to the best of UBC Sponsors have a direct, positive influence on the success of our project and the development of our students. They will be recognized as engaged and supportive corporations, and will have a direct line of communication to some of the most talented students at UBC for hiring purposes. The support of a student project builds relationships and mentor opportunities, and ensures a strong future for those who have this incredible opportunity. By building a legacy of collaborators and sponsors, the focus of our students can be fully applied to innovative design and high-level craftsmanship.
Sponsorship levels UBC Sailbot has three levels of sponsorship, which have been updated for this project based on prior donation levels from sponsors. Our silver sponsorship level represents the average yearly historical donation level over the projected lifetime of this project. All sponsors will gain access to the following exciting benefits: Exclusive updates of progress on our new boat Opportunity
to attend appreciation events
UBC
Sailbot’s
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UBC’s
sponsor
Receipt of business acknowledgement from UBC for tax purposes
Access to high-quality promotional pictures from Sailbot Access to a talented and passionate group of students Contribution to excellence and achievement in a world-record
setting Canadian university engineering team
BRONZE SPONSOR Commitment to project: $2000 Bronze sponsors of UBC Sailbot’s new vessel will enjoy the following additional privileges: Proud bronze sponsor of the UBC Sailbot team Logo placement on new vessel Logo
placement ubcsailbot.org
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company
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SILVER SPONSOR Commitment to project: $5000 Silver sponsors of UBC Sailbot’s new vessel will enjoy the following additional privileges beyond bronze sponsors: Proud silver sponsor of the UBC Sailbot team Larger, more prominent logo on new vessel Larger, more prominent logo on our website, ubcsailbot.org Opportunity for a promotional article detailing how their
sponsorship helped UBC Sailbot
GOLD SPONSOR Commitment to project: $10000 A gold sponsor of UBC Sailbot’s new vessel will enjoy the following marketing and branding efforts beyond silver and bronze sponsors: Proud gold sponsor of the UBC Sailbot team Largest, most prominent logo on new vessel Largest, most prominent logo on our website, ubcsailbot.org Opportunity to host our new vessel at a social function within
the lower mainland of British Columbia
Contact Information If you would like further information regarding the UBC Sailbot team, or would like to show your support for the team, please contact us at
[email protected]. Sincerely,
Serena Ramley, Oliver Terry UBC Sailbot Co-Captains
