Autonomous sensor system for monitoring and management of waterways
RiverCloud – Development of an autonomous and networked UAV/USV tandem system for the collection and provision of high-resolution data for water management and the expansion and maintenance of waterways
Based on previous projects, including the BMBF project RiverView®, an autonomous and networked tandem system consisting of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) was developed in the BMDV-funded RiverCloud project under the leadership of the Geodetic Institute of RWTH Aachen University (gia). The overall system combines the strengths of a measuring drone with those of an unmanned measuring boat for recording high-resolution spatial and temporal river data, so that waterways and traffic structures, as well as the river environment with floodplains and oxbow lakes, can be surveyed and managed holistically.
Contact
Dr. sc. Dipl.-Ing. Frank-Andreas Weber
+49 241 80 2 68 25 /
E-Mail
Funding / Supervisor
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV)
TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH
Project Partners
RWTH Aachen University, Geodätisches Institut (gia), IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr; Orthodrone GmbH; Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG); Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW)
