Automatic robust controller synthesis: With application to a wet clutch system

A wet clutch is a device that transfers torque between two shafts via a hydraulic mechanism. Wet clutch control is key to achieve smooth and fast clutch engagements. Optimal control of a wet clutch is not trivial because of the complexity of the system due to nonlinearities, hybrid dynamics and changing dynamics over time due to changing...

Dynamic Contactless Power Transfer On Go-karts

Wireless power transfer is getting more attention than ever before but seems to be lagging in the go-kart industry. Manufacturers are designing more electric powered go-karts, but haven’t found a proper solution for most of its major drawbacks. The added weight from the battery pack and the required time to recharge are just two of these major...

Anti-lock braking control design using a Nonlinear Model Predictive approach and wheel information

Over the past century, cars have become a fundamental part of our society. With the increasingly larger number of vehicles on the road, safety is, now more than ever, a topic of paramount importance. It is estimated that every year 26,000 people are killed on European roads, corresponding to a social cost of 100 billion euros. In the last two...

Human-Aware Autonomous Navigation of a Care Robot in Domestic Environments

A major societal challenge in occidental countries nowadays is the continuously increasing ageing population. Due to this ageing society, solutions are needed to alleviate the limited care personnel and the ever increasing healthcare costs. To this end, service robots are proposed to meet this demand by assisting the elderly with their daily...

Cooperative Visual Object Learning

A lot of attention has recently been focused on possible benefits of the cooperation between machines and humans. Taking the best from machines and humans and joining them together can produce results which exceed each collaborating partner performing separately. A common belief is that the<br/>key for good cooperation is an excellent...