Framing a Guideline for Balancing Task Delegation of Human-Robot Collaboration in Automation processes: A Case Study on Automatic Passenger Boarding Bridge in Amsterdam-based Airport Autonomous Airside Operation

As automation technology continues to transform various industries, achieving both high operational reliability and high efficiency emerges as a critical challenge in task delegation between humans and Automated Systems (ASs). This project, conducted in collaboration with the Royal Schiphol Group (RSG), investigates the intricate dynamics of...

Balancing Autonomy in a Shared World: An Urban Mobility Concept for Cortina in 2035

The mobility world is changing due to demographic transformations, sustainability challenges, and technological advancements. Consumers and governments seek sustainable and inclusive mobility solutions that cause less environmental strain, less noise pollution, and safer traffic. The mobility solutions must combine into a coherent platform for...

Sustainable strategies for consuming on-the-go

The way we consume when we travel has had a bigger influence on the environment than meets the eye. We see the cups being thrown away, but we do not see the overconsumption, the dodging of responsibility for sustainable production and the food losses. Our quest for convenience has led us to behave in the most environmentally unfriendly way...

2030: A Future Vision and Concept for Vanmoof

The foundation of this graduation project lies in the future mobility sector, and will be performed in collaboration with Vanmoof Bicycles. Within this thesis the future context of mobility will be considered with respect to the changing societal landscape. The project will be concluded with a concept and prototype for Vanmoof. This physical...

Future mobihubs as social connector for the neighbourhood: About positive friction, quantum mechanics, and your mother.

This project revolves around redesigning the future mobihub for the context of the Netherlands. A mobihub (or mobipunt in Dutch) is a brand of mobility hub. In this report, a mobility hub is defined as “A recognizable, physical place where different context-driven functions and services (mostly shared mobility-related such as shared cars) that...

Social Mobility Europe 2030: Presenting a framework to help upgrade the future of social mobility in Europe 2030

Mobility is becoming a crucial factor to define contemporary social life. It
 has changed the relationship between government and economy, public and private, work and life, shaping a world that promotes unconstrained movements of people, products, consumption and working subjects. The fundamental redefinition of established social, political...

When the journey becomes the destination: Proposing a mindset-based vision to rethink and create multi-modal mobility solutions

The mobility industry is facing a disruptive transformation. A large number of social, economic and technological trends are shaping the way we will move in the future. In this fast-changing environment, mytaxi becomes FREE NOW due to the joint venture in 2019 between its mother company Daimler together with BMW. While joining forces to become a...

Interlocking worlds: A 2035 envisioned concept for Volkswagen Escapism Mobility

This thesis is the documentation of a design proposal for a 2035 envisioned concept for Volkswagen Escapism mobility that responds to a rapidly changing mobility demand. The rapidly growing population is changing the urban landscape and how we move around in our cities. Technological developments are giving us more control over smart systems and...