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Brito Lima, Pedro (author)This thesis explores the feasibility of aerocapture manoeuvres at Venus, focusing on the challenges for an autonomous Guidance and Control (G&C) system, including a partial Navigation system simulation. Aerocapture leverages atmospheric drag for orbit insertion and presents a cost-effective alternative to traditional propulsive methods. The...master thesis 2023
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Teertstra, Bouke (author)The company H2 Marine Solutions has designed a zero-emission hydrogen powered boat. This boat is compared to its fossil fuel counterpart more than twice as heavy. The reason for this is that the system components that are used in the hybrid powertrain of the hydrogen powered boat are heavier. The main question of this research is: How can we...master thesis 2023
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Popescu, Iulia (author)Within an area that presents edges with very different characteristics, surveilled and controlled to various extents, the proposal will focus on designing an intervention that will exercise control over the user through the qualities and through the use of the designed space.<br/>In addition, because the site presents the zone of the lagoon...master thesis 2023
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Prinsen, Jop (author)Wind farm control is an area of research that looks to maximise the performance of individual but most importantly the collective performance of wind farms. The performance of turbines located in a wind farm is heavily dependent on the effects of turbine wakes, and improving the efficiency of wind farms by mitigating the wake effects is an...master thesis 2023
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Langens, Coco (author)Manipulating soft and fragile objects is a challenging task in robotic grasping. The key challenge for robotic grasping is to exert enough grip force to prevent slipping while being gentle enough to prevent damage to an object. Existing grippers used for processes like automatic harvesting of fruits, either apply excessive grip force leading to...master thesis 2022
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Colijn, Rogier (author)With the maturization of the cubesat market, the requirements for finer control over satellite attitude drives the development of higher performance Attitude Determination and Control Systems. (ADCS)<br/><br/>The ADCS uses reaction wheels as an actuation method, which in turn use brushless DC (BLDC) motors to rotate a heavy rotor wheel. BLDC...master thesis 2022
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Ramos Lourenço de Armada, Oyono (author)In the mission to slow down global warming, the replacement of fossil fuels by renewable energy resources is key. A tipping point in the adoption of renewable energy resources is notable, as they are becoming economically more viable. Offshore wind energy is considered essential in realizing the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. However...master thesis 2022
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Roberti, Ronald (author)The shipping industry is forced to reduce its emissions and underwater radiated noise in order to decrease the impact on the environment and limit global warming. Moreover, a low acoustic signature can be lifesaving for a navy ship, especially during submarine on mine threats. To be able to operate as flexible as possible under these threats, a...master thesis 2021
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Overdevest, Joram (author)This thesis contains two contributions to the stabilization of visually guided robotic lampreys: the head stabilization method and the head-led target tracking design. Both approach the problem that camera inputs, attached to the head segment, are disturbed due to the participation of the head in the locomotion gait of the robot. Head...master thesis 2021
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Lodder, Niels (author)With increased developments and interest in platooning and higher levels of automation (SAE level 3+), the need for safety systems that are capable of monitoring system health and maintain safe operation in faulty scenarios is increasing. Methods for the detection, isolation and identification of faults in automated and cooperative driving is...master thesis 2021
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Daniil, Ilias (author)Zero Emission Fuels B.V. (ZEF) is a start-up company developing a fully autonomous methanol synthesis micro-plant that will be energy driven by solar panels. The process implements an alkaline water electrolyzer, which supplies the methanol synthesis reactor with hydrogen. The electrolysis system includes a small-scale stack of cells and is...master thesis 2021
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Tsolakis, Anastasios (author)Nonholonomic mechanical systems encompass a large class of practically interesting robotic structures, such as wheeled mobile robots, space manipulators, and multi-fingered robot hands. However, few results exist on the cooperative control of such systems in a generic, distributed approach. In this work we extend a recently developed distributed...master thesis 2021
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Fernandez Barrio, Jorge (author)A proportionate controller is investigated experimentally for unsteady load alleviation purposes on a 2D wing model with a trailing edge flap. This study is supposed to be a simplified version of a Smart Rotor, a mechanism which deals with the reduction of unsteady loads acting on a wind turbine and aims to understand the behavior of this type...master thesis 2020
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Kemp, Charlotte (author)This graduation project consists of the design of the needle control device for MRI-guided interventions. It is an apparatus that grabs and steers a flexible needle remotely, so it could be used in an MRI while the physician controls the needle based on the scans. In this way, the physician has a clear sight of the position of the needle and the...master thesis 2020
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Christoforidis, Christos (author)Experimental data were obtained from riding a steer-by-wire bicycle on the open road while perturbing balance with impulsive forces at the seat post (lateral pertubations) as well as perturbing balance with impulsive torques at the steering assembly (steering pertubations). The experiments were conducted at 2.6–5.6 m/s covering both the stable...master thesis 2019
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La Porte, Jesse (author)This thesis investigates the potential of a semi-passive trailing-edge flap on a large conceptual wind turbine. The mechanism passively reacts to blade and tower accelerations by changing the airfoil camber, opposing the dynamic loads on the turbine. An active element is present, which influences the mean of the flap oscillation. First, a low...master thesis 2019
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Durieux, Bram (author)The extraordinary capability of swarming ant species in route finding and foraging efficiency through trail trail development has been studied for many years. Scientists have been able to capture the behavior of individual ants in control algorithms and used the resulting artificial swarm of ants to solve difficult problems. These problems...master thesis 2019
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Verlaan, Bram (author)Development of the autonomous vehicle has been a trending topic over the last few years. The automotive industry is continuously developing Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) that partially take over the driver’s workload. This has resulted in an increase in vehicle safety and a decrease in fatal crashes [1]. Full vehicle autonomy has not...master thesis 2019
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Westermann, Ferre (author)Agility is increasingly being used in the public sector as its adaptive approach through short-cycled development could allow public services to keep up with developments in technology and the complex problems contemporary societies face. There are, however, some dilemmas at play when it comes to agility and the public sector’s transparency and...master thesis 2019
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Lupi, Francesco (author)The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a European mission for the detection of gravitational waves in space set to be launched in 2034. The mission will see the deployment of 3 spacecraft in heliocentric orbit keeping a triangular formation with side length of 2.5 million km. Laser beams are exchanged between the spacecraft by means of...master thesis 2019