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Brabander, Jesper (author)Automation within an industrial sector has now for years been an obvious factor. Everywhere mechanical instruments and sensors are implemented for fast and precise processes. The agricultural sector is some steps behind in relation to other sectors. Reason being that there are many irregularities which in other sectors have been made into...master thesis 2023
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Brinkman, Anne (author)Background: The lack of access to electric powered wheelchairs for disabled people in low- and middle-income countries, that suit their rural environments, still remains an issue. Current available electric powered wheelchairs that do adapt to these rural environments are expensive and require complex control algorithms.<br/>Objective: The aim...master thesis 2023
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van Hengel, Thomas (author)Goal: Build and evaluate the first prototype of the Cloud Walker, a passive assistive gait orthosis. Method: The Cloud Walker uses muscles of the upper body to store energy in the springs at the back of the Cloud Walker. This energy can than be used to swing the legs forward. The Cloud Walker was evaluated by 9 healthy participants walking on a...master thesis 2022
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Drost, Sjoerd (author)Advantages of lightweight design robot links include cost savings and reduced energy consumption. The flexibility introduced by the lightweight design can cause structural vibrations decreasing precision. To mitigate this, an advanced controller is proposed, consisting of Iterative Learning Control combined with Full State Feedback control. To...master thesis 2022
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Schijf, Menno (author)Introduction - Arthritis is a condition causing pain, deformations and loss of motion in human joints. The surgical instruments used to place a specific unconstrained prosthesis that is used to treat an arthritic joint are difficult to use. The objective for this thesis is to improve the current placement procedure by carrying out an analysis on...master thesis 2022
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Heeringa, Willem (author)Introduction: This research aims to develop a gripper that is capable of handling deformable and delicate objects at high acceleration (≥10 G) using a contact-reactive grasping approach while moving. Commercial grippers are already suitable for handling various food products at high speed and acceleration when combined with a parallel...master thesis 2021
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Chung, Jeeyong (author)Background: Wrist immobilization orthosis is a commonly adopted treatment method for wrist regarding pathologies. In recent years, a group of 3D-printed immobilization orthosis for the upper extremity has been proposed. However, they were mainly developed as substitutes for traditional casts for the upper extremity for short-term usage. There...master thesis 2021
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Verhage, Fabian (author)The Netherlands has a severe shortage of care workers. The shortage is expected to increase in the coming years. Care-robots could provide a solution, by taking work out of the hands of the care workers. The potential utility of the care-robot is dependent on the functionality of the gripper. The goal of this study was to design and develop a...master thesis 2021
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Zillen, Eva (author)<b>Background</b> Pneumatic actuators are widely used in applications like (medical) robots, or prosthetics. They require tight tolerances to keep them leakage-free. Over the last decade 3D-printing, or additive manufacturing, has emerged as a cost-effective production method in these applications.<br/><b>Objective</b> The goal of this research...master thesis 2021
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Israa Mohamed Kamal Abdelaziz, Israa (author)The conventional fabrication process of prosthetic sockets is known for being labor-intensive and time-consuming. It takes the user to wait 2-5 weeks to receive the prosthetic socket. In addition, most of the conventional sockets have fixed volumes that do not consider the volume fluctuations that the user experience daily because of muscle...master thesis 2021
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Sinke, Maaike (author)<b>Introduction: Prosthesis simulators are essential tools for research and rehabilitation. They can be used to increase the amount of participants in research studies or to assist in rehabilitation. The main goal of this master thesis is to design a functioning prosthesis simulator, which can be used with commonly used...master thesis 2021
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Deken, Jeffrey (author)Background: The development of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) have come a long way over the past decade. However, most improvements are mainly focused on gait performance. Hereby, other tasks are overlooked. This is also stated by AFO- users. AFO-users want an AFO that can be adjusted to suit dierent tasks. An adjustable AFO...master thesis 2021
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den Hartog, Dylan (author)Background: Osseointegration is a relatively new alternative for a socket to attach an artificial limb to the stump of an amputee. In a surgical procedure, a metal implant is permanently anchored and integrated into the bone of the stump. Amputees with an osseointegrated prosthesis have indicated that they experience better physical control over...master thesis 2021
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Lommerse, Luuk (author)Active hand prostheses aid people, who suffer from an upper limb deficiency, in performing activities of daily living. The two types of active hand prostheses available are the myo-electric prosthesis and body-powered prosthesis. Even though both allow a user to grasp objects, the downsides are major. The high actuation...master thesis 2021
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Tiel Groenestege, Jurjen (author)Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a 3D printed hydraulic actuation system, applied in a multi-articulate upper limp prosthesis. The prosthesis was designed to produce sufficient pinch force to be competitive with comparable devices (30 N), and weigh less than a human hand (<0.43 kg). The actuator should...master thesis 2021
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Landers, John (author)OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the design of the BERT Prosthesis and evaluates the proof-of-concept testing for its primary functions. DESIGN: The BERT Prosthesis is an energetically passive, lightweight, transfemoral prosthesis, and four hypotheses about its functional abilities were proposed. TESTING: A simulation of the leg dynamics was...master thesis 2020
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Vertongen, Jens (author)The development of the Delft Cylinder Hand (DCH) demonstrated the design of a lightweight and functional hydraulic body-powered (BP) hand prostheses. The low friction losses of the hydraulics make it an attractive alternative to a classical mechanic transmission using rigid linkages and Bowden cables. There are benefits and trade-offs associated...master thesis 2020
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Hester, Thomas (author)This thesis contains the design process of a compliant shape adaptive chicory gripper for robotic sorting processes. The robotic sorting line consists of an input and output conveyor-belt. The input line contains unsorted chicories which are scanned by a robotic vision system. Overhead FlexPicker robots, equipped with chicory grippers, sort the...master thesis 2020
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Baldi, Rebecca (author)The human brain integrates tactile sensory information from the fingertips to efficiently manipulate objects. Sensory impairments due to neurological disorders, e.g. stroke, largely reduce hand dexterity and the ability to perform daily living activities. Several feedback augmentation techniques have been investigated for rehabilitative purposes...master thesis 2020
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de Wit, Jesse (author)Background: Last decades myoelectric prostheses have become more usable, functional and reliable. Yet, the cost of myoelectric upper limb prostheses are still a hindering factor of widespread usage of the prostheses. In developing countries, where the demand for prostheses is relatively higher, commercial myoelectric prostheses are out of reach...master thesis 2020
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