Designing an interactive hinge with shape memory alloys and polymers

This research aims to design and simulate a hinge consisting of shape-memory alloys and polymers, which can be actuated along two axes. The hinge consists of a shape-memory body that is actuated externally by shape-memory alloy springs. To achieve maximum deformation, two small single hinges are made, of which the body has the shape of a plate...

DaRe: Data Recovery Through Application Layer Coding for LoRaWAN

Long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) is an energy-efficient and inexpensive networking technology that is rapidly being adopted for many Internet-of-Things applications. In this study, we perform extensive measurements on a new LoRaWAN deployment to characterise the spatio-temporal properties of the LoRaWAN channel. Our experiments reveal...

Pedestrian Detection and Tracking for Mobile Robots in Human Environments

With the performance of current motion planning methods being highly dependent on the quality of the perception system, robust 3D multi-object detection and tracking are vital for autonomous driving applications. Despite all the advancements in 2D and 3D object detectors, robust tracking of pedestrians in dense scenarios is still a challenging...

Frame Loss Characterisation and Data Erasure Coding for LoRaWAN

Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are increasingly being deployed for smart applications. With the rise of smart cities there is a need for low cost and long range Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies. LoRaWAN is an energy efficient and cheap LPWAN solution. It is rapidly being adopted all around the world. LoRaWAN however does not...

Slim opladen van meerdere elektrische voertuigen: Software

De huidige beschikbare laadpalen zijn eenvoudige voedingsbronnen die geen rekening houden met omstandigheden zoals het energieverbruik van de rest van een gebouw. Hierdoor ontstaan pieken in het energiegebruik en dit brengt hoge kosten met zich mee. Software die nodig zal zijn voor het opladen van elektrische voertuigen met kostenbesparende...