Enriching Source Code with Contextual Data for Code Completion Models: An Empirical Study

Transformer-based pre-trained models have recently achieved great results in solving many software engineering tasks including automatic code completion which is a staple in a developer’s toolkit. While many have striven to improve the code-understanding abilities of such models, the opposite – making the code easier to understand – has not been...

Development of hysteresis-free and linear knitted strain sensors for smart textile applications

Smart textiles have been attracting considerable interest in imparting a wide range of functions to traditional clothing ranging from sensing, actuation, data processing, and energy storage. In the case of textile-based strain sensors, most of the studies proved that they can work in principle, however, producing strain sensors with desirable...

The challenges faced in the reverse logistics of automotive cores: lessons from co-creation with stakeholders.

This paper presents the results of two co-creation sessions with stakeholders in the automotive aftermarket. The sessions were instigated as part of the EU project ReCiPSS to develop a new service to simplify the reverse logistics of automotive cores purposed for remanufacturing. Remanufacturing car parts is a longstanding practice within the...

Obstacle avoidance for quadrotors using reinforcement learning and obstacle-airflow interactions

This research investigates and proposes a new method for obstacle detection and avoidance on quadrotors, that relies solely on measurements from the accelerometer and rotor controllers. The detection of obstacles is based on the principle that the airflow around a quadrotor changes when the quadrotor is flying near a surface. A well-known...

Mirrorlabs - Creating accessible Digital Twins of robotic production environment with Mixed Reality

How to visualize recorded production data in Virtual Reality? How to use state of the art Augmented Reality displays that can show robot data? This paper introduces an opensource ICT framework approach for combining Unity-based Mixed Reality applications with robotic production equipment using ROS Industrial. This publication gives details on...

Co-creating circular product-service systems for long-lasting washing machines

This paper presents the result of a co-creation and context mapping study amongst seventeen washing machines users. The users had widely varying experiences with products offered through alternative ownership models, including three who were active users of a washing machine with pay-per-use or monthly subscription model. Through the co-creation...

An Accelerator for Posit Arithmetic Targeting Posit Level 1 BLAS Routines and Pair-HMM

The newly proposed posit number format uses a significantly different approach to represent floating point numbers. This paper introduces a framework for posit arithmetic in reconfigurable logic that maintains full precision in intermediate results. We present the design and implementation of a L1 BLAS arithmetic accelerator on posit vectors...

Hydrofoberen: duurzaamheid in de praktijk

Naar aanleiding van het historisch georiënteerde onderzoek naar oppervlaktebehandelingen (Nijland & Quist 2018) en het onderzoek naar het hervoegen van gehydrofobeerd metselwerk, beide uitgevoerd binnen de samenwerking tussen TNO, RCE en TU Delft in MonumentenKennis, ontstond het idee om aan de hand van een aantal casussen te kijken naar de...

The circular pathfinder: Development and evaluation of a practice-based tool for selecting circular design strategies

The Circular Pathfinder tool, which provides guidance to companies looking for appropriate circular design strategies, was developed based on OEM (original equipment manufacturer) case studies. Ease of use was one of the main requirements during development of the tool, resulting in a software-based guide that asks a maximum of ten product...

Software Tools For Large Scale Interactive Hydrodynamic Modeling

Developing easy-to-use software that combines components for simultaneous visualization, simulation and interaction is a great challenge. Mainly, because it involves a number of disciplines, like computational fluid dynamics, computer graphics, high-performance computing. One of the main characteristics of an interactive model is that it should...

Assessing the overall life cycle impact of home energy management systems

An ever-increasing body of research explores the effectiveness of Home Energy Management systems (HEMS) in achieving energy savings. To date, however, the overall life cycle impact of the HEMS itself has not been taken into account. Thus, no assessment has been made whether the amount of energy saved (esaved) outweighs the energy needed for...

The mediating role of Home Energy Management Systems

Keel design for low viscous drag