Predicting Near-Future Demand of Self-Storage Rooms

The value of data has increased enormously over the last couple of years. Many datasets contain valuable information that can, for example, be used to make forecasts. In this thesis, the dataset of a company in the self-storage industry is analyzed. The company offers customers rental storage facilities, such as lockers, rooms, containers at...

Stabilization of Visually Guided Robotic Lampreys

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...

Scheduling an international relay-run

Roparun is a Foundation that organizes a yearly relay race from Paris, Hamburg and Almelo to Rotterdam in order to raise money for a variety of causes related to palliative care. They requested for an application that could create the start schedule of the race. In this thesis, the problem is analyzed and a greedy based solution is presented....

Interference in 79 GHz Phase-Coded Automotive Radar

Automotive radars play a crucial role in the reduction of traffic casualties and the realization of autonomous driving due to its robustness and adverse weather tolerance. However, as the penetration rate of automotive radars increases, concerns arise regarding the mutual interference. In contrast to the predominant Frequency-Modulated...

GonioTrainer for sport

In speed skating, the frontal area of the athlete is one of the major factors that influences the aerody- namic drag he/she experiences [1]. The athlete can minimise the frontal area by going lower, and thus bending more his/her knees. O’Sports would like to manufacture the GonioTrainer, a device that will measure the knee of the skater and...