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The Marie Curie Doctoral Grant and Why You Shouldn’t Miss Out
Who am I? Greetings, fellow researchers who are aspiring to start your journey as a Ph.D. candidate! I am Dhanika,…
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A protocol for collaborative collision avoidance in inland water traffic: What is it?
As discussed in a previous blog post (http://tinyurl.com/3sen5ns4), a communication protocol for collision avoidance is necessary for future scenarios of…
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Applying Vision-Language Models in Autonomous Driving: Can the Insights Be Transferred to Autonomous Vessels in Inland Waterways?
Vision-Language Models (VLMs), due to their exceptional capabilities in environment comprehension and multimodal information processing, have garnered significant attention in…
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What Does an AUTOBarge ESR do During a Secondment?
One of the main features of an MSCA project is the secondments. Secondments are stays of up to 90 days…
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Navigating the Depths: Unveiling the Mask of Ship Maneuverability
Ship maneuverability stands as a crucial aspect of maritime operations, crafting a tale of precision and control across the aqueous…
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Legal Research on IWT Innovation
On the 8th and the 9th of November 2023, a substantial number of AUTOBarge ESRs presented their research on autonomous…
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AUTOBarge and Northern Lights: About the Fourth Network-Wide Event of the AUTOBarge Project in Trondheim, Norway
The fourth Network-Wide Event of the AUTOBarge Project from 16th until 19th October was hosted by one of the Project’s…
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Achieving Work-Life Balance: The Journey of a PhD Student in Norway
In this blog, I share my personal experience as a Business PhD student at a university in the northern part…
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Evaluating Object Detection Model Robustness in Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs)
The crux of Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) safety and intelligence revolves around accurate and efficient vision-based object detection. However, the vision-based…
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Different Freight Transportation Methods
In today’s interconnected global economy, transportation plays a crucial role. From our morning brew to the devices we can’t live…
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My life as an AUTOBarge ESR. What’s special here?
Recently I have been invited to participate in a survey where they are investigating the attractiveness of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie…
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The Physical Safety Challenges in the Mass Deployment of Autonomous Vessels
Autonomous vessels have been silently gaining traction in the maritime industry due to their potential to improve safety, efficiency and…
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Ship Hydrodynamics in Inland Waterways
Inland waterways play a critical role in transportation, serving as a sustainable and energy-efficient mode that contributes to emission reduction.…
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Path planning for ship sailing: an overview
Ship routing algorithm has long been a common interest for the development of autonomous ship and intelligent ship operations. With…
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Adaptation of Scenario-based Model Predictive Control for Inland Waterways
Over the years, numerous algorithms have been proposed for achieving collision avoidance in autonomous vessels. One of such algorithms is…
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Model Predictive Control_Part 1
Everyday advancements in technology make many dreams more feasible, and one such dream is sustainable autonomous transportation. Autonomous transportation is…
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How a collision avoidance system deals with dynamic obstacles and the role of communication
Collision avoidance is one of the most crucial tasks when operating a ship. To prevent the collision, the ship must…
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Situational Awareness for an autonomous inland vessel
A key task for any captain or crew of a vessel is maintaining a correct understanding of the current and…
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Hands in the Air! An Autonomous Inland Cargo Vessel in Action
On April 20th, 2023, an exciting demonstration event took place on the canal in Leuven, where the KU Leuven Intelligent…
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