Taking the pulse of nature – how robotics and sensors assist in   lake and reservoir management

Zug, Sebastian; Licht, Gero; Börner, Erik; de Souza Mota, Edjair; Monteiro Bezerra de Lima, Roberval; Roeder, Eric; Matschullat, Jörg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-167-2025

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-167-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-167-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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31 Jul 2025

Research article |

| 31 Jul 2025

Taking the pulse of nature – how robotics and sensors assist in lake and reservoir management

Sebastian Zug, Gero Licht, Erik Börner, Edjair de Souza Mota, Roberval Monteiro Bezerra de Lima, Eric Roeder, and Jörg Matschullat

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-167-2025-supplement

Data sets

Data storage and processing RoBiMo-Trop Sebastian Zug https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15497801

Interactive computing environment

Data storage and processing RoBiMo-Trop Sebastian Zug https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15497801

IGSN

Water and sediment (physico)chemical) data from Amazonas lakes, Brazil – rainy and dry seasons 2021–2023 Jörg Matschullat et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974323

Short summary

The Modular Aquatic Robotic Platform–Freiberg (MARP-FG) is an autonomous catamaran designed to improve water monitoring by reducing human-related biases. It supports customizable sensors for water profiling, 3D basin mapping, and greenhouse gas flux measurements. Tested in Amazonian and European waters, MARP-FG showed precise navigation and reliable data collection under challenging weather, enhancing long-term, automated aquatic ecosystem monitoring.