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Spoelstra, Siemen (author)This master's thesis explores the role of policy innovation of policies, programs, and policy instruments within the domain of heat transition in the built environment in the Netherlands, focusing specifically on the role of municipalities in navigating this complex transition towards a natural gas-free future by 2050, as mandated by the...master thesis 2024
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van Diemen, Bram (author)This graduation project takes place in Kampala, Uganda, in collaboration with Design without Borders Africa (Dwb).<br/><br/>The aim of the project is threefold:<br/>Create social impact in the domain of value exchange in the public space of Kampala,<br/>Apply the Vision in Product design (ViP) method for the first time in the designer’s career...master thesis 2024
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Vellekoop, Joris (author)Deep reinforcement learning presents a compelling approach for the exploration of cluttered 3D environments, offering a balance between fast computation and effective vision-based navigation. Yet, the use of 3D navigation for learning-based information gathering remains largely unexplored. Navigation in 3D space poses the challenge of having an...master thesis 2024
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Hazelaar, Sander (author)New insights into the landing behavior of bumblebees show an adaptive strategy where the optical flow expansion of the landing target is step-wise regulated. In this article, the potential benefits of this approach are studied by replicating the landing experiment with a quadrotor. To this end, an open-loop switching method is developed,...master thesis 2024
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Kuhn, Emanuel (author)Existing content-based image retrieval models work well for natural photos, but not for images of architectural floor plans. <br/>Previous work on floor plan retrieval has focused on graph-based methods, rather than image-based floor plans.<br/>Training a CNN-based representation learning framework on segmented floor plan images with standard...master thesis 2024
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Esteves Henriques, Bernardo (author)Search and Rescue (SaR) missions present challenges due to the complexity of the disaster scenarios. Most life losses and injuries occur in developing countries. Robotics has become indispensable for rapidly locating disaster victims. Combining flying and ground robots more effectively serves this purpose due to their complementary features. To...master thesis 2024
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Taweel, Baan (author)"What if the dikes were to break? How can we then live with the water in the most beautiful way?" The Netherlands has a long history of battling against the water. It is high time to embrace the water in a new vision for the Netherlands called "PLAN B: Future waterscapes."<br/><br/>“PLAN B: Future waterscapes” is a utopian vision, building upon...master thesis 2024
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Fung-A-Jou, Xavier (author)Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) are graphical representations utilized in chemical engineering plants. Due to confidentiality reasons and legacy drawings, these diagrams are sent in PDF format. Piping engineers need to make a material take-off (MTO), a document containing all the components of a P&ID from these drawings....master thesis 2023
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de Vree, A.M.W. (author)Maritime sectors have been notorious for their slow paced innovation efforts and although it is an efficient sector, it has big impact on the environment just because of the size of the industry (M. Rahim, et al. 2016). There is a lot of activity on the seas, changes in this sector could make a big difference when making our world become more...master thesis 2023
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Ghorbani Moghadam, Rojin (author)This thesis explores the challenges faced by students with vision impairment in accessing visual educational content, with the goal of designing an inclusive tool to enhance their learning experience. Adopting a human-centered design approach backed with value-sensitive design, the research methodology combined qualitative and quantitative...master thesis 2023
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Fanizza, Vincenzo (author)Performing crucial activities for space exploration, e.g., debris removal and on-orbit servicing, systems for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) are required to be autonomous and scalable. Within this context, learning-based relative navigation has gained significant traction due to the latest advancements in AI and the cost-effectiveness...master thesis 2023
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Ye, Lisa (author)This study develops a roadmap to guide the integration of robotic technologies into Dutch agriculture in a responsible manner that benefits farmers and the environment.<br/>The Dutch agricultural sector faces challenges from climate change, labor shortages, and sustainability pressures. Robotics shows promise in addressing these issues through...master thesis 2023
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Xu, Chenghao (author)In recent years, visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) have gained significant attention and found wide-ranging applications in diverse scenarios. Recent advances in computer vision and deep learning also enrich visual SLAM capabilities in scene understanding and large-scale operation. However, despite remarkable performance in...master thesis 2023
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Şimşek, Serkan (author)Object detection is one of the hottest topic right now and is a fundamental concept which determines to future of autonomous driving. There are hundreds of papers rolling out every day trying to improve the performances of these detectors by creating more complex models to increase the performance by a very little amount. The problem with...master thesis 2023
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van Veggel, Stein (author)In the field of soft robotics, rigid joints and links are replaced by soft, deformable elements, This causes soft continuum robot arms to excel in unpredictable environments, but to face challenges during control and shape reconstruction. The sensing ability present in octopus suckers provides inspiration for solutions. Octopuses employ their...master thesis 2023
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Basting, Mark (author)In real-life scenarios, there are many variations in sizes of objects of the same category and the objects are not always placed at a fixed distance from the camera. This results in objects taking up an arbitrary size of pixels in the image. Vanilla CNNs are by design only translation equivariant and thus have to learn separate filters for...master thesis 2023
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Tolsma, Pieter (author)Transparency and specularity are challenging phenomena that modern depth perception systems have to deal with in order to be used in practice. A promising family of depth estimation methods is Multi-View Stereo (MVS), which combines multiple RGB images to predict depth, thus circumventing the need for costly specialized hardware. Although...master thesis 2023
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Frens, Joline (author)Due to the ecological consequences and increased resource insecurity caused by the depletion of natural resources of the incumbent linear economy, the Netherlands aims for a fully circular economy in 2050. To guide this transition from a linear to circular economy, strategies need to be made. An approach which enables actors to create these...master thesis 2023
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van den Berg, Jasper (author)The traumatic loss of a hand is a horrific experience usually followed by significant psychological, functional and rehabilitation challenges. Even though much progress has been made in the past decades, the prosthetic challenge of restoring the human hand functionality is still far from being achieved. Autonomous prosthetic hands showed...master thesis 2023