ai Class · Team Profile

WannSea

🇩🇪 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

WannSea is a team of students from a wide range of degree programmes at TU Berlin, united around one idea: developing a boat built on sustainable propulsion methods and intelligent navigation. This year, in July 2026, the team returns to the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge to compete in the AI Class with a boat designed around both sustainability and autonomy.

The team

Meet the team

WannSea Built with recycled and bio-based materials, WannSea combines eco-conscious construction with advanced onboard technologies. The boat integrates radar, LiDAR, GPS, cameras and artificial intelligence systems to support safer, smarter and more efficient navigation. By bringing together sustainable materials and autonomous capabilities, WannSea aims to show how the future of boatbuilding can be both environmentally responsible and technologically advanced.

University

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

Country

🇩🇪 Germany

Based in

Berlin, Germany

Class

AI Class

Racing number

N°21

The boat

wannsea

WannSea is built around a forward-looking vision: combining sustainable construction with intelligent navigation. Developed by a team of students from TU Berlin, the boat uses recycled and bio-based materials to reduce its environmental impact while improving lightness and efficiency.

Competing in the AI Class at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2026, WannSea integrates several onboard technologies, including radar, LiDAR, GPS, cameras and artificial intelligence systems. These features allow the boat to analyse its surroundings, anticipate obstacles and support safer, more autonomous navigation. With this project, the WannSea team shows that the future of boating can be more sustainable, smarter and more efficient.

energy

Advanced battery storage + solar panels

propulsion

Custom electric motor + bespoke propeller

Electronics

State-of-the-art monitoring + sensors

ai Class · 2026

Follow the team at the Challenge

WannSea competes in the Energy Class and AI Class at the 13th Monaco Energy Boat Challenge, 7–11 July 2026 in Port Hercule. Made up of students from a wide range of degree programmes at TU Berlin, the team sets out to change a field where sustainability has rarely shaped how boats are built, combining zero-emission propulsion with environmentally responsible boatbuilding. Its boat features a custom-designed electric motor, a bespoke propeller, advanced battery storage and integrated solar panels, all monitored through state-of-the-art electronics and sensors. The hull and structure rely on recycled and bio-based materials such as natural fibres and ecological composites, chosen to cut environmental impact while keeping the boat light, with mycelium set to be trialled next as a fully bio-based material. Competing in two classes at once, WannSea aims to prove that sustainable innovation can deliver both high performance and real environmental impact.