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Anil Meera, A. (author)The potential impact of a grand unified theory of the brain on the robotics community might be immense, as it might hold the key to the general artificial intelligence. Such a theory might make revolutionary leaps in robot intelligence by improving the quality of our lives. The last two decades have witnessed the rise of one such brain theory -...doctoral thesis 2023
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Zhou, H. (author)Applying deep neural networks (DNNs) for system identification (SYSID) has attracted more andmore attention in recent years. The DNNs, which have universal approximation capabilities for any measurable function, have been successfully implemented in SYSID tasks with typical network structures, e.g., feed-forward neural networks and recurrent...doctoral thesis 2022
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Wolfslag, W.J. (author)While progress in many fields of robotics has been swift, robot arm movement<br/>in scenarios without contact has changed little in the last decades. This lack of<br/>change is not due a lack of potential for improvement. After all, the human arms<br/>that these robot emulate move in ways that are more robust, energy efficient and<br/>adaptable....doctoral thesis 2018
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Lei, Q. (author)According to the report by the United Nations in 2015, the global population of older persons aged 60 years or over is predicted to grow to 1.4 billion by 2030. A rapidly aging population poses a challenging problem for human beings, i.e. supply shortage of working-age people. To solve this problem, increasing research efforts are poured into...doctoral thesis 2018
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Plooij, M.C. (author)Since the industrial revolution, machines have taken over many tasks from humans, increasing labor productivity and prosperity. In the 20th century, the introduction of robots created a second wave of automation, increasing the labor productivity even further. In order to create a third wave of automation, it is necessary to develop a new...doctoral thesis 2015