Designing predictable behaviour for autonomous delivery vehicles

Recent technological advancements are revolutionizing last-mile package delivery, with autonomous delivery vehicles (ADVs) emerging as a sustainable alternative. These small ground vehicles autonomously navigate pavements, aiming to operate seamlessly in pedestrian-rich environments without any human intervention. The goal of this project is to...

SDAE-A toolkit for developing remote patient monitoring in social, daily activity and related emotion: A study in colorectal cancer patients during the follow-up phase in the Netherlands

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer disease worldwide with highly fatal. It has accounted for 10% of the global cancer incidence (Bray et al., 2018). In the Netherlands, patients who have undergone treatment and surgery for colorectal cancer typically enter a five-year follow-up phase. During this period, patients often experience...

Somnox Mini: Designing for habit formation of device regulated breathing exercises

NavAware: Data-centric design of a user-aware navigation agent for blind mobility

With the rise of digital technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensor technologies, all the products we use every day are increasingly becoming ‘intelligent’. Machines, objects, and tools are slowly evolving into robots, objects-with-intent (Rozendaal et al., 2019), and agents. At the same time, their capabilities...

Data as a creative material supporting ideation in Ford: creative problem solving with data

Vehicles are becoming more and more connected, and in combination with various services, they generate large amounts of data, which is mainly used in development processes for testing purposes in Ford. However, sensor data has more potentials for product development, and one valuable potential is to contribute to product innovation in the early...

Blockchain as a Solution to Collective Servitization: A case study on Bundles washing machines and the Circular Service platform

The circular economy is an economic system that aims to replace the linear economy and the accompanying take-make-dispose mindset. It is an economic system that decouples economic growth from finite resource consumption. The Sustainable Finance Lab (SFL) identified two requirements for a high state of circularity. 1) Products are serviced...

Design of Midway Energy (Middleware System) as part of Illuminator: Energy System Integration Development Tool Kit

Using the energy system is part of our daily routine but the complexity of power systems and its understanding have both been confined to the experts in the field. Furthermore, the advent of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Internet of Things (IoT), power system integration is becoming even more complex for the system...

Aito Sound: A proof of concept exploration for haptics and sound with piezoelectrics

Aito has developed a technology that can be placedunderneath surfaces to give haptic feedback. They make use of piezoelectricdiscs to sense a pressure difference and actuate a pulse if this differencereaches a certain level. This system is possible because of the piezoelectriccrystals in the discs. These crystals create...

An Internet of Things vision for Quooker

A strategy for Quooker to change its business model from offering a product to offering an outcome.