Are we roboready?: Developing a method to determine the roboreadiness of a traffic environment

Autonomous delivery robots are a promising alternative for last-mile delivery. To realise successful implementation of delivery robots in the public space, it is important to study the interaction between robot and environment. The traffic environment includes the physical infrastructure, traffic conditions and the people using the environment....

Harvest: A Burn-Out Retreat: Revitalising 'Plots in the Woods' at Hembrug

Harvest. A Burn-out retreat.
 Revitalising 'Plots in the Woods' at Hembrug. <br/>A former munition terrain. A hidden green enclave in Zaandam where de Zaan, het IJ and het Noordzeekanaal cross. Surrounded by water and boats, industry and a big forest. The vision of the project is to revitalise the ‘plots in the woods’ into a burn-out retreat...

Discover, be set, create, reflect: Designing a modular proposition for the world of open banking

In the course of 2018, the revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2) will become noticeable in people’s day to day use of digital financial services. The PSD2 requires banks to provide third parties access to users’ payment account information, if a user requests to do so. This enables both banks as third parties to bring users’ account...

The vestibular drive for standing balance control is dependent on sensory cues of gravity

By monitoring head movement and orientation in space, the vestibular system can evoke appropriate muscle responses in order to maintain standing balance. The present study investigates whether vestibular-evoked muscle responses are dependent on sensory cues of gravity by examining these responses across varying load and gravity conditions....

Developing the Vibro-drill: A feasibility study into an improved installation method for offshore foundation piles

To meet the demand for renewable energy sources, large numbers of offshore windfarms are planned to be constructed in the near future. The majority of the foundations for these offshore wind turbines are large-diameter monopiles. The driving of monopiles into the seabed is conventionally done using a hydraulic hammer, this process is commonly...

Bali Beach Project - an evaluation of the coastal structures in Bali, Indonesia

Bouwen in scheepsdokken

Door de malaise in de scheepsbouw en scheepsreparatie is veel dok- en hellingruimte in Nederland leeg komen te staan, hetgeen mogelijkheden biedt om deze ruimte voor civieltechnische projecten te benutten. Bij de bouw van afgezonken tunnels, zoals de Coen- en Beneluxtunnel is in het verleden gebruik gemaakt van speciaal voor dit doel gegraven...