Groyne field nourishments: A research into the application of feeder nourishments to supply sediment to the main channel

In the Waal bed degradation occurs, which is mainly induced by a large number of river regulations measures done in the past. Rijkswaterstaat develops possible measures and new techniques to stop riverbed erosion and/or mitigate the negative effects. One of the possible new techniques to reduce riverbed erosion locally is groyne field...

Autonomous Navigation with Obstacle Avoidance of a Nonholonomic Four Wheel Steering Robotic Platform

INTERACT is a space technology demonstration experiment in which an advanced wheeled mobile robot (WMR) will be tele-operated from space. The experiment consists of a navigation phase and a manipulation phase. To cope with adverse communication conditions and limited means for control, an autonomous navigation algorithm needs to be developed for...