Robust Tracking Control of a 3D Concrete Printer: When printing in outdoor environments with a mobile and flexible construction

A relatively new and not rather common technique in construction industry is the use of 3D printers to print architectural structures and buildings. Nowadays, parts of the printed object are build in inside environments, where after the parts have to be transported to their desired location, which is very costly and time consuming. A solution...

Assessing the impact of shared and autonomous vehicles on urban traffic: A simulation approach

New developments in the automotive world have the power to change mobility, but because of high uncertainties, municipalities are adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Nonetheless, autonomous, connected and shared vehicle technologies are in a far stage of development and it is only a matter of time before AVs and SAVs enter urban traffic. This...

Sustainable Dala: Showcase of a sustainable water infrastructure

The goal of this project is to develop a design for Dala’s water system that deals with challenges of the township in a sustainable way. Dala is a township of Yangon, Myanmar’s economic centre. It is located directly South of the central business district (CBD), across the Yangon river. The area is now largely underdeveloped, but in 2021 it will...

Obtaining design knowledge for an underwater robot-swarm for inspecting mooring chains

We propose a swarming-algorithm that enables a group of autonomous robots to inspect the mooring chains of an oil-platform located in the North Sea. The algorithm, from which an autonomous underwater robot swarm can emerge, is designed to work within the limitations of underwater robotics and communication. Agent-based modelling and simulation ...

IAmMyHome; Designing homes with meanings: Construction of a design tool based on human values

Houses were among the first structures that were built, and remain the most common type of building today. The design of housing has been the subject of architecture, while from a psychological point of view the meaning of home has been a major subject of research. These two different viewpoints are combined in this research to provide a tool...

Optimal Team Time Trial Strategy in Road Cycling: Optimisation of Changing Strategy using a Mathematical Performance model

During team time trials in road cycling changing schemes are used to spread the workload over the cyclists in the team. Models that provide predictions of race performance already exist for individual time trials. It is proposed that with a performance model for team time trials, the performance of different strategies can be compared and...