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van der Windt, Bob (author)
Fluid-controlled actuators are widely used in lower limb prostheses. Most fluid-controlled actuators have valves integrated into the cylinder systems and require complex manufacturing steps, making these systems expensive. A cost-effective production method for these complex actuator valve systems is 3D-printing. The goal of this research is to...
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Knijnenburg, Brenda (author)
A common method to investigate multisensory integration is using multisensory illusions. The rubber hand illusion is one of the best-known multisensory illusion used in clinical applications. By stroking a visible rubber hand and the participant’s occluded hand, the illusion arises that the rubber hand belongs to the participant. Possible...
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van der Burgh, Bas (author)
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) patients suffer from a severe form of progressive muscular weakness. Consequently, as the disease progresses these patients become more and more dependent on assistive devices for their daily activities. For instance lifting their arms against gravity already becomes challenging. So far, a considerable amount of...
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van Ooijen, Jacob (author)
Background: Current challenges in the design of anthropomorphic robot fingers is the implementing of anatomically accurate tendon-ligament structures, specifically for the collateral ligaments, volar plates, and the extensor apparatus. The development of robot fingers with these structures could aid in the further understanding of the functional...
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Lipman, Lars (author)
<b>Introduction </b>- Grasping unknown objects is an important ability for robots in logistic environments. While humans have an excellent understanding of how to grasp objects because of their visual perception and understanding of the 3D world, robotic grasping is still a challenge. Due to the fast-growing development of deep learning methods,...
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Elfferich, Rick (author)
Fruit and vegetable production is increasing worldwide, and farmers currently face a tough challenge in finding enough agricultural workers. Automation of the labour-intensive task of crop harvesting could help fill in this gap between supply and demand. However, picking soft fruits is challenging, as they can be easily damaged if not carefully...
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Smit, Nerissa (author)
There is an increasing need for transfemoral prostheses that provide gait support, stability, safety and comfort. Although there are many prostheses available in different levels of complexity and price, there is still room for improvement. It has been proved that the cost of transport (CoT) for walking is significantly increased for...
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Cleijpool, Bram (author)
The detachment of a product from a suction cup gripper is a challenge that emerged in recent years in the high-speed case packing of packaged food. In this industry suction cups are used to temporarily attach a product to a case packing robot. The detachment of products from the suction cup gripper threatens throughput. In, some cases, the...
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Jamin, Tom (author)
Background<br/>Elephants that wander onto the fields of farmers in Myanmar are being shot with makeshift guns. By doing this, the farmers are able to make these animals leave the area without killing them. This results in elephants walking around with bullets inside their body and wounds that need to be looked after. Traditional methods for...
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van den Broek, Annemiek (author)
Introduction: Amputees may be eligible to use a socket or osseointegrated (OI) prosthesis after losing a limb. A lot is known about the stump-socket interface in transtibial (TT) amputees. However, there are hardly any articles that explain the load transfers between the tibia and an OI prosthesis. For this reason, this study will focus on the...
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van der Bie, Judith (author)
According to the World Health Organization 40 million amputees are living in developing countries1. An amputation has a great impact on the quality of life of a patient. In general, patients have limited mobility, often lack of confidence and consequently are at times excluded from participating in society2. Prosthetic rehabilitation could help...
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van Pul, Ronald (author)
Two major challenges in the field of agriculture are the need for increases in food production due to the ever-increasing world population and simultaneously climate change caused by global warming. The increasing world population requires more food, and the food needs to be of a higher standard. Currently, the increase and high quality food...
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Kiss, Bernadett (author)
Various neuromuscular disorders such as spinal cord injury, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and poliomyelitis lead to calf muscle weakness, which limits the patient's ability to propel their body forward during gait. Their abnormal gait pattern is characterized by increased ankle dorsiflexion, excessive knee flexion during stance and reduced ankle...
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Ploemen, Milou (author)
The flash visual evoked potential (FVEP) is an electrical potential recorded with electroencephalogram (EEG) at the occipital cortex. Current FVEP assessment may be elaborated with the acquisition of stimulus response (SR) relation of the visual system. A drawback of this adjustment is the time required for data acquisition. This study aimed to...
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Timmers, Nathan (author)
Developing a new knee prosthesis requires thorough testing. Forward dynamics simulation can be valuable in the development process. It can reduce the need for intermediate prototypes and tests. Currently, there are 3D simulations of healthy walking and kinematic models of common prosthesis like the 3R60. However, they have not yet been combined....
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Daan, Boris (author)
For steel flexures, complex geometries are required to reach high support stiffness and limit axis drift over large ranges of motion. These complex flexures are expensive and difficult to manufacture. This paper presents a method of designing short, polymer wire flexures with high support stiffness and modelling their axis drift using a novel...
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Remmerswaal, Evan (author)
Problem: Due to high rejection rates regarding prostheses’ use, the assessment of the amputee’s use of the prosthesis has become more critical. Today’s prosthesis research is limited to assessing a users’ performance to perform tasks in a controlled environment. Therefore, these studies cannot wholly assess how the prosthesis is used in the...
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Wouterse, Lars (author)
The muscles around the ankle (calf and dorsal flexors) are essential for performing activities in daily life, like walking. Neurological and muscular pathologies, such as stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, muscle atrophy and post-polio syndrome, affect the ability of voluntary muscle control and/or muscle strength of such muscles. This...
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van der Helm, Simon (author)
The Sit-to-Stand (SitTS) and Stand-to-Sit (StandTS) transitions are among the most demanding activities of daily living in terms of required muscle strength. Many elderly struggle with the transitions, which become even harder after a transfemoral amputation. The current state of the art in knee prostheses does not supply any support to reduce...
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Maartens, Jonas (author)
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has found deficiencies in the process of developing concept designs of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). There is a need to increase the efficiency of this process, meaning that (1) the speed has to be increased, (2) the accuracy of designs has to be increased and (3) the risk of deviations of the project plan has to be...
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