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van der Wijden, R. (author)
New flexible teaching methods for robotics are needed to automate repetitive tasks that are currently still done by humans. For limited batch sizes, it is too expensive to teach a robot a new task (Smith & Anderson, 2014). Ideally, such flexible robots can be taught a new task by a non-expert. A non-expert is a person who knows the task the...
master thesis 2016
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Pinto Rebelo, J.L. (author)
Robots are particularly well suited for executing tasks that take place in locations which are too dangerous or inaccessible to human operators. For robot manipulators to execute complex activities in unknown, unstructured environments, despite the recent increases in computation power, human input is still required for task planning and...
doctoral thesis 2015
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Çall?, B. (author)
Manipulation is a key feature for robots which are designed to work in daily environments like homes, offices and streets. These robots do not often have manipulators that are specialized for specific tasks, but grippers that can grasp the target object. This makes grasping a crucial ability that enables many manipulation tasks. Robotic grasping...
doctoral thesis 2015
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Henken, K.R. (author)
The development of advanced needles for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes such as ablation and brachytherapy in the liver has offered minimally invasive therapies to patients that were previously untreatable. This thesis focuses on accurate placement of such needles guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to maximize the effect of the...
doctoral thesis 2014
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Gaisser, F. (author)
In the near future the elderly population will increase in size up to a point that there are not enough people to provide support. One solution would be developing service robots, that can perform household tasks and in that way allow elderly to live longer independently. These service robots have to be able to adapt to changing environments,...
master thesis 2013
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Schuitema, E. (author)
Service robots have the potential to be of great value in households, health care and other labor intensive environments. However, these environments are typically unique, not very structured and frequently changing, which makes it difficult to make service robots robust and versatile through manual programming. Having robots learn to solve...
doctoral thesis 2012
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