DRONIC addresses a real issue at European level that is the algae blooms resulting from coastal and inland water eutrophication as a direct consequence of intensive agriculture. It aims to develop a robotic system capable of autonomously detecting and disposing harmful algae using an ultrasonic tool on an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). A Master USV […]
Through the DRONIC project, the consortium will showcase a new, innovative blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) monitoring and treatment robotic system, that can localize hotpots of blue-green algae blooms and only treats the part of the lake which is experiencing blue-green algae bloom. Because of the direct and localized treatment, the system is environmentally friendly, with a […]
The demo of the web-based viewer is accessible via next url: http://dronic.marvin.vito.be/ The viewer is secured with a password. Users who are interested in the demo can send an email to dronic@vito.be
LITERATURE STUDY ON HARMFUL BLUE-GREEN ALGAL BLOOMS and DATABASE OF MOST COMMON BLOOM FORMING BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN EUROPE Cyanobacterial blooms are a common problem occurring in Europe and in other parts of the world. Their occurrences can be both the symptom and the indicator of water eutrophication. Cyanobacteria are highly opportunistic organisms. The effects of cyanobacterial blooms […]
Luc Pronzato 1, 2 Joaõ Rendas 1, 2 1 Laboratoire d’Informatique, Signaux, et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis (I3S) / Equipe SYSTEMES 2 (Méthodes d’Analyse Stochastique des Codes et Traitements Numériques) – GdR MASCOT-NUM Abstract : We consider the problem of constructing metamodels for computationally expensive simulation codes; that is, we construct interpolation/prediction of functions values (responses) […]
Zoetermeer, 24 July 2014, Water & Wastewater International (WWI) publishes a four page article about our development of Water Drones to target and treat algae blooms with ultrasound technology.