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Cheng, Gang (author), Wu, S. (author), Shi, M. (author), Dong, W. (author), Zhu, H. (author), Alonso Mora, J. (author)Autonomous navigation of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) in dynamic and unknown environments is a complex and challenging task. Current works rely on assumptions to solve the problem. The MAV's pose is precisely known, the dynamic obstacles can be explicitly segmented from static ones, their number is known and fixed, or they can be modeled with...journal article 2023
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Li, S. (author)In response to the pressing demand for elderly care, care robots, the robots used by care receivers and/or caregivers for care purposes in various settings, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and personal residences were introduced and have been gaining traction as a technological solution to improve care quality and to enhance the value of...doctoral thesis 2022
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Gill, Peter (author)A wall is both a barrier and an opportunity. The ancient walls of Thessaloniki stand as a monument to this. Since their establishment in the 4th century their status and significance in the city has only grown. Thessaloniki was a trading town strategically placed on a hill overlooking the bay below. As it grew, so did the walls with them...master thesis 2022
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Gispen, Coosje (author)This thesis set out to explore the meaning of autonomy and use this knowledge to create a tool for designers to communicate the complexity of the concept with their clients. In today’s society, we value autonomy and we strive to ensure that everyone can lead their life as autonomous as possible. In fact, we view autonomy as ultimate independence...master thesis 2022
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Turan, E. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)In recent years, there is a growing interest in small satellites for deep space exploration. The current approach for planetary navigation is based on ground-based radiometric tracking. A new era of low-cost small satellites for space exploration will require autonomous deep space navigation. This will decrease the reliance on ground-based...review 2022
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Turan, E. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)This study presents an autonomous orbit determination system based on crosslink radiometric measurements applied to a future lunar CubeSat mission to clearly highlight its advantages with respect to existing ground-based navigation strategies. This work is based on the Linked Autonomous Interplanetary Satellite Orbit Navigation (LiAISON) method...journal article 2022
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Turan, E. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)This study provides a performance analysis of radiometric autonomous navigation for the lunar satellite network topologies formed by three spacecraft at various orbits. This work is built on the Linked Autonomous Interplanetary Satellite Orbit Navigation (LiAISON) method and uses mesh (distributed) and centralized (star) network topologies. The...other 2022
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Tang, Yingjie (author), Mou, Junmin (author), Chen, Linying (author), Zhou, Y. (author)Through the continuous development of intellectualization, considering the lifecycle of ships, the future of a waterborne traffic system is bound to be a mixed scenario where intelligent ships of different autonomy levels co-exist, i.e., mixed waterborne traffic. According to the three modules of ships’ perception, decision-making, and execution...review 2022
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Guo, Peicheng (author), Smit, I.R. (author)With the development of Artificial intelligence, the connected objects are extended with the predictive capabilities and the character of things can change to “things that predict”. If a connected device is able to embrace a predictive system that not only profiles for scripted behavior but could also use the knowledge co-created by all the...conference paper 2022
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de Vos, J. (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author), Hekkenberg, R.G. (author)Autonomous ships have become a topic of interest for an increasing number of researchers over the last few years. Most of the research that is being performed focuses on autonomous navigation. An important driver for this research is the belief that autonomous navigation will increase safety at sea. In order to evaluate the possible safety...conference paper 2022
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Miller, S.R.M. (author), Smith, Marcus (author)This article considers individual rights and fundamental tenets of the criminal justice system in the context of DNA evidence, in particular recent advancements in genomics that have significantly advanced law enforcement investigative capabilities in this area. It discusses a technique known as Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) which...journal article 2022
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Marin, L. (author), Steinert, S. (author)Technology should be aligned with our values. We make the case that attempts to align emerging technologies with our values should reflect critically on these values. Critical thinking seems like a natural starting point for the critical assessment of our values. However, extant conceptualizations of critical thinking carve out no space for the...journal article 2022
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Smook, Stijn (author)Dutch primary school teachers are strapped for time currently, and this is impeding the adoption of innovation. This is also a problem for Faqta, who are trying to sell their innovative teaching method. To convince teachers to learn, several theories and strategies are explored in this report, and how they can be applied on a digital video...master thesis 2021
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Yildiz, Can (author)The accelerating development of algorithms causes a disruptive effect in many domains, including the complex decision-making of knowledge workers. Experts can manage difficult but repetitive decisions with software technologies like a Decision Support System (DSS). A DSS is used to monitor decisions, get additional insights and improve decisions...master thesis 2021
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GUO, Peicheng (author)With the development of Artificial intelligence and Machine learning capabilities, the connected objects are extended with predictive capabilities, and the character of things is changed to “things that predict” (Smit, 2021). If a connected device is able to embrace a predictive system that not only profiles for scripted behavior but could also...master thesis 2021
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Kedem, Liam (author)Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely used in hiring practices to identify the most suitable candidate for a vacancy. This is due to the promise of higher overall efficiency and lower costs. However, these AI-powered tools may create an inaccurate conception of the applicant's suitability to the vacancy by numerically quantifying context...bachelor thesis 2021
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Bahnam, Stavrow (author), Pfeiffer, S.U. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)Current existing stereo visual odometry algorithms are computationally too expensive for robots with restricted resources. Executing these algorithms on such robots leads to a low frame rate and unacceptable decay in accuracy. We modify S-MSCKF, one of the most computationally efficient stereo Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) algorithm, to improve...conference paper 2021
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Sun, Sihao (author), Cioffi, Giovanni (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Scaramuzza, Davide (author)Fault-Tolerant control is crucial for safety-critical systems, such as quadrotors. State-of-Art flight controllers can stabilize and control a quadrotor even when subjected to the complete loss of a rotor. However, these methods rely on external sensors, such as GPS or motion capture systems, for state estimation. To the best of our knowledge...journal article 2021
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Derner, Erik (author), Gomez, Clara (author), Hernandez, Alejandra C. (author), Barber, Ramon (author), Babuska, R. (author)Autonomous mobile robots are becoming increasingly important in many industrial and domestic environments. Dealing with unforeseen situations is a difficult problem that must be tackled to achieve long-term robot autonomy. In vision-based localization and navigation methods, one of the major issues is the scene dynamics. The autonomous...journal article 2021
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Aguado, Esther (author), Milosevic, Zorana (author), Hernández, Carlos (author), Sanz, Ricardo (author), Garzon Oviedo, M.A. (author), Bozhinoski, D. (author), Rossi, Claudio (author)Autonomous systems are expected to maintain a dependable operation without human intervention. They are intended to fulfill the mission for which they were deployed, properly handling the disturbances that may affect them. Underwater robots, such as the UX-1 mine explorer developed in the UNEXMIN project, are paradigmatic examples of this...journal article 2021