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van Veen, Joost (author), Goudzwaard, Yannick (author)The goal of this thesis is to develop a ROS package that facilitates the control and navigation of a Duckiebot robot. With the rise of robot swarms the need for autonomous charging system for robots is increasing. An implementation for decentralised autonomous behaviour for a Duckiebot for a wireless charging system in a Duckietown environment...bachelor thesis 2023
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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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Tanahashi, Kanta (author)Nowadays, Human Autonomy Teams (HATs) are incorporated in many fields, where humans and autonomous agents work collaboratively to combine their capabilities with the ultimate goal of performing tasks more efficiently. In such environments, it is imperative to sustain a high level of trust between the agents as collaboration is not possible...bachelor thesis 2023
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Groenleer, M.L.P. (author), Gabbi, S. (author)This chapter examines EFSA’s international relations, notably those with international organizations and third country agencies in its field of action. It adopts a dynamic perspective, describing these relations throughout the agency’s development. The chapter demonstrates that EFSA has developed a considerable international role, despite the...book chapter 2013
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Santoni De Sio, F. (author), Fossa, F.F. (author)The present chapter analyses the complex ways in which driving automation affects human autonomy with the aim of raising awareness on the design and policy challenges that must be faced to effectively align future transportation systems to this ethical value. Building on the European report Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles, we consider...book chapter 2023
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Klapwijk, R.M. (author), Stables, Kay (author)In this chapter we focus on the importance of the human capacity of design capability and how this can be fostered through design and technology education. Historic undervaluing of developing design capability in formal schooling is highlighted and counteracted by identifying recent recognition of embodied cognition and the role design education...book chapter 2023
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Mota, N.J.A. (author)Citizens’ participation in the design process has been discussed since the aftermath of World War II as an instrument to promote a more humanist approach to habitat. However, it has been also accused of fostering populist outcomes where the designer is merely the hand of the people, challenging the traditional limits of architecture’s...conference paper 2013
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Blijlevens, J. (author), Hekkert, P.P.M. (author)to feel connected to and autonomous from their ‘type of people’ and when product designs do they are aesthetically pleasing. From an evolutionary perspective, product designs provide aesthetic pleasure because they help direct beneficial behavior. We argue that people can fulfill their evolutionary need for safety through product designs that...conference paper 2014
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Roël-Looijenga, A. (author), Klapwijk, R.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)In this paper, pupils’ design behaviour is regarded as an expression of active knowledge acquisition. Four cases of building a task structure, which supports effective discovery learning, were investigated. We focus on simple characteristics in a model to explain the effects of the structure on task execution. It reconciles<br/>the advantages of...conference paper 2018
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Jackson, John (author), Laurenti, L. (author), Frew, Eric (author), Lahijanian, Morteza (author)We present a data-driven framework for strategy synthesis for partially-known switched stochastic systems. The properties of the system are specified using linear temporal logic (LTL) over finite traces (LTLf), which is as expressive as LTL and enables interpretations over finite behaviors. The framework first learns the unknown dynamics via...conference paper 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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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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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 in order to move closer to the ultimate goal of life-long autonomy. In computer vision-based methods employed on mobile robots, such as localization or...conference paper 2019
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Mok, S. (author), Guo, J. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author), Rajan, R.T. (author)Orbiting Low Frequency Array for Radio Astronomy (OLFAR) is a radio astronomy mission that has been studied since 2010 by several Dutch universities and research institutes. The mission aims at producing sky maps by collecting cosmic signals at ultra-low wavelengths regimes, below the 30 MHz frequency band. A satellite swarm comprising more than...conference paper 2020
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Hernández, Carlos (author), Milosevic, Zorana (author), Olivares, Carmen (author), Rodriguez, Gonzalo (author), Rossi, Claudio (author)Autonomous underwater robots, such as the UX-1 developed in the UNEXMIN project, need to maintain reliable autonomous operation in hazardous and unknown environments. Because of the lack of any kind of real-time communications with a human operated command and control station, the control architecture needs to be enhanced with mission-level...conference paper 2019
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Gracia, Ibon (author), Boskos, D. (author), Laurenti, L. (author), Mazo, M. (author)We present a novel framework for formal control of uncertain discrete-time switched stochastic systems against probabilistic reach-avoid specifications. In particular, we consider stochastic systems with additive noise, whose distribution lies in an ambiguity set of distributions that are ε−close to a nominal one according to the Wasserstein...conference paper 2023
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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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D'Amico, S. (author)Formation flying is commonly identified as the collective usage of two or more cooperative spacecraft to exercise the function of a single monolithic virtual instrument. The distribution of tasks and payloads among fleets of coordinated smaller satellites offers the possibility to overcome the classical limitations of traditional single...doctoral thesis 2010
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Asveld, L. (author)Technological developments can undermine the autonomy of the individual. Autonomy is one's ability to make and act upon decisions according to one's own moral framework. Respect for autonomy dictates that risks should not be imposed on the individual without her consent. Technological developments can bring about risks, which often confront the...doctoral thesis 2008
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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