The aim is to model a semi-automatic control system for the passage of one or more boats (size permitting) through a lock on the Canal du Midi (figure 1).
"A lock is a hydraulic engineering structure installed in a canal to make it navigable and allow boats to cross height differences. The lock comprises a chamber in which the water level can be varied. It is isolated from the upstream and downstream reaches by gates (formerly oak gates fitted with valves known as "ventelles", a principle invented by Leonardo da Vinci)" .
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