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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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AUTOBarge Network-wide event 3: Delft and Rotterdam, The Netherlands

From 28 until 31 March 2023, the third AUTOBarge network-wide event was successfully held at the Delft University of Technology…

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Whose regulations in inland shipping?

As each car is required by law to hold a licence plate to be allowed on the streets, a vessel…

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Inland Shipowners’ Practical Knowledge Positioning on the Autonomous Inland Shipping Innovation Adoption

The autonomous ship’s innovation can potentially disturb the current inland shipping industry. Rogers (2003) describes innovation as an idea, practice,…

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What AUTOBarge looks like in the eyes of ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a good assistant for researchers and can provide good research help for all ESRs, but what does the…

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