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Nicolau i Torra, Núria (author)Domestic kitchens are the heart of modern households, a space that embraces social gatherings and most importantly, where pleasures associated with interacting with food arise while cooking and eating. Nevertheless, the way technology is being introduced in this context moves away from this ritual aspect of kitchens as it focuses on a rather...master thesis 2022
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Marcelis, N.H.H. (author)With the performance of current motion planning methods being highly dependent on the quality of the perception system, robust 3D multi-object detection and tracking are vital for autonomous driving applications. Despite all the advancements in 2D and 3D object detectors, robust tracking of pedestrians in dense scenarios is still a challenging...master thesis 2021
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Gonzalez Alvarez, Marina (author)Micro robotic airships offer significant advantages in terms of safety, mobility, and extended flight times. However, their highly restrictive weight constraints pose a major challenge regarding the available computational power to perform the required control tasks. Thus, spiking neural networks (SNNs) are a promising research direction. By...master thesis 2021
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ZHANG, Bichi (author)In recent decades, the field of autonomous driving has witnessed rapid development, benefiting from the development of artificial intelligence-related technologies such as machine learning. Autonomous perception in driving is a key challenge, in which multi-sensor fusion is a common feature. Due to the high resolution and rich information, the...master thesis 2021
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de Vries, Jitske (author)With a growing number of citizens and tourists, the scarce public space, roads, and public transport in Amsterdam are experiencing rising pressure. Instead of utilizing the conventional transportation routes, Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) could transport goods and people via the 165 canals present in Amsterdam. <br/>However, urban canals are...master thesis 2021
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Schulz, Yannick (author)Driving is a challenging task. When people operate vehicles they utilize all their senses to assess the current traffic scenario and determine appropriate actions to take. Sensors in autonomous driving applications aim to mimic those human senses to build a similar understanding of these complex circumstances. Most scientific attention in the...master thesis 2021
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van Oosterhout, Rosalie (author)CO2 emission of vehicles and its influence on climate change is a widely discussed topic already for many years. New CO2 emission norms for vehicles have been defined based on the 2021 baseline: 15% reduction resulting in 0.09 kg/km for 2025, and 37.5% reduction resulting in 0.069 kg/km for 2030. Both norms are defined under the Worldwide...master thesis 2021
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Razdan, Shuhul (author)With inland transportation increasing every passing day, vehicle platooning offers a good solution towards travelling more efficiently. Along with reducing traffic congestion on roads, platooning also leads to better fuel consumption among vehicles, fewer accidents, and most importantly, vehicle platoons can be made autonomous using optimization...master thesis 2021
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Nijdam, Anna-Louise (author)Autonomous vessels carry the potential to increase the profitability of shipping companies. It is believed that an autonomous vessel design operates more efficient compared to a manned design. In this thesis the challenges of autonomous shipping and its consequences on ship design and the operation are identified. This information is used to...master thesis 2021
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Dhankhar, Rupak (author)This thesis was aimed for the Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at The Delft University of Technology. The goal of this research was to formulate an assignment algorithm for autonomous guidance, control, and navigation system for spacecraft formation flying using a Model Predictive Control approach for estimation of fuel...master thesis 2021
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Latyšov, Sever (author)Around the world millions of people get injured due to traffic accidents. Autonomous vehicles are expected to significantly reduce these numbers. To increase safety, autonomous vehicle communication can be used. Current vehicle communication networks called VANETs have security and privacy protection problems and the vehicle industry is...bachelor thesis 2021
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Uğurlu, Ceren (author)Over the last two decades, autonomous driving has progressed from science fiction to a real possibility and rapidly developing. However, autonomous driving technology has significant weaknesses and is not safe in unexpected conditions. As a result, automobile manufacturers insist that the driver remains in the driver's seat even while the...bachelor thesis 2021
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Uğurlu, Irem (author)Automated driving is a rapidly growing technology nowadays. Semi-automated driving is a subpart of automated driving which has multiple driving modes where both driver and automated module can take control. But full safety and comfort guarantees cannot still be given to the drivers. In this project, research has been done to ensure driver safety...bachelor thesis 2021
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Latoškinas, Evaldas (author)Semi-autonomous driving innovations aim to bridge the gap to fully autonomous driving by co-operating with human drivers to lead to optimal choices on who should drive in different scenarios by offering different automation levels. However, in the present day, known semi-autonomous driving solutions do not generalise to every complex case of...bachelor thesis 2021
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Bakos, Csanád (author)Transitioning to use automated vehicles is a gradual process. Until full automation capabilities are developed there is a need to mediate which driving entity - human or autonomous driving system (ADS) - should be in control depending on the circumstances. This research aims at investigating the switching between manual and automated driving in...bachelor thesis 2021
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Zoon, Job (author)In the past few years, there has been much research in the field of Autonomous Vehicles (AV). If AVs are implemented in our daily lives, this could have many advantages. Before this can happen, safe driver models need to be designed which control the AVs. One technique that is suitable to create these models is Reinforcement Learning (RL). A...master thesis 2021
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Bongaardt, Laura (author)Robots that use legged locomotion have the ability to overcome obstacles and can negotiate a wide range of difficult terrains, such as encountered in outer-space missions. In many practical scenarios however, their applicability is still limited, mainly due to insufficient speed and efficiency. On the other hand, robots that use wheeled...master thesis 2021
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Goettsch, Evita (author)Our personal mobility systems will undergo a significant transformation with the emergence of electrified drivetrains, shared services, and autonomous technology (Sprei, 2018). We can already plan door-to-door transport, share various mobility modes, drive fully electric cars, and several vehicles can assist with some driving functions like...master thesis 2021
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Wissel, Tim (author)During the last decades of explosive growth in economic value on the Internet, we observe the trend of platformization: a shift of economic activity from happening on a wide range of companies to a few major platforms run by Big Tech corporations. This trend is highly susceptible to the rise of monopolies and oligarchs, as...master thesis 2021
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Pauwels, Alex (author)The establishment of areas for safe automated driving in mixed-traffic settings is one major barrier in the development and adoption of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). This work investigates safety in the interactions between AVs, human-driven vehicles, and vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians in a simulated urban environment in the...master thesis 2021