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Manss, C. (author)The operation of robotic systems on extraterrestrial missions involves long distance communications, which have large delays and make the control of any agent complicated. This problem becomes even more dominant if multiple robotic systems are used. One solution to this problem is to increase the autonomy of each robotic system such that each...doctoral thesis 2024
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Angyal, Zalan (author)The rediscovered interest in space exploration has led to plans to establish outposts on the Moon and beyond. The lunar bases currently planned are to be manned incrementally, with robots performing most work. With new trends in robotics, the use of collaborating swarms has become more abundant. To support lunar operation, a distinct area within...master thesis 2024
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Bolscher, Thijs (author)As the Moon reemerges as a renewed fronteer in space exploration, the Lunar Zebro project proposes to deploy a swarm of miniature rovers for efficient lunar surface exploration. One of their goals is to leverage recent advancements in deep learning and AI-accelerating hardware, in conjunction with Commercial Off-The-Shelf technologies and the...master thesis 2024
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Holman, Storm (author)In response to the increasing challenges of Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) in urban settings, characterized by dense electromagnetic (EM) signals and rising data traffic, this research introduces an Agent-Based Model (ABM) aimed at prioritizing critical signals. The primary goal of this research is to deploy a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ...master thesis 2024
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Ibañez Jimenez, Isabel (author)This thesis aims to calculate optimal trajectories from a user-defined Earth-bounded orbit to a user-defined Moon-bounded orbit using a bi-impulse direct transfer ultimately under the influence of a full dynamical model with perturbations, hence reflecting the actual physical environment.<br/><br/>Two tools are developed to achieve this goal....master thesis 2023
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Ariana, Ramin (author)Swarm robotics (SR) is an emerging field of research that utilizes a swarm of robots that work together as a team to solve complex problems. One such challenge in SR is the exploration of unknown environments to find multiple targets. This problem finds applications in various domains, such as archaeology, underground exploration, signal source...master thesis 2023
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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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du Plessis, Nicolaas (author), Roos, Martijn (author)This thesis aims to solve the problem of designing the hardware for a wireless charging system to be used for keeping an autonomous robot swarm alive. Previous designs available to us lacked essential safety features and were very specific in their application. Current wireless charging specifications are also not sufficient to cater to the...bachelor thesis 2023
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Knoop, Stijn (author)This master thesis aimed to develop an optimized operating strategy for an electricity grid incorporating hydrogen storage, while considering three key performance indicators: financial costs, reliability, and sustainability. The central research question guiding this study was: "How can the electricity demand be reliably met by a system...master thesis 2023
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Lorenzo Bagasni Worang, Lorenzo (author)This project was focused on designing and prototyping a mobile robotic builder using additive manufacturing. This robotic builder is meant to be a part of a larger fleet of robotic builders that use swarm based strategies to build structures using simple behavioral rules. The concept was inspired by the biological phenomenon that are termites,...master thesis 2023
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Lieveloo, Jeroen (author)Automation in the form of swarm robots is an increasingly feasible opportunity for solving complex physical problems. However, how such a swarm is to be instructed and controlled is one of the many topics that requires further research. For this, we can look to nature for inspiration, as there are many nest building swarms. Perhaps the most...master thesis 2023
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Jarne Ornia, D. (author)Besides facing the same challenges as single-agent systems, the distributed nature of complex multi-agent systems sparks many questions and problems revolving around the constraints imposed by communication. The idea that multi-agent systems require communication to access information, to coordinate or simply to sense the environment they are...doctoral thesis 2023
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van den Berg, Rob (author)The problem of finding a target and forming a path to it is known and is well-explored in the field of swarm robotics. Using swarm intelligence, even swarms of simple robots are capable of solving this problem. However, often these works assume that two robots can perceive each other can physically reach each other, or that robots can detect any...master thesis 2023
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Gelling, Lars (author)The unique six-legged swarming rover Lunar Zebro is designed and produced by students from the Delft University of Technology. The objective of the rover is to accomplish an autonomous mission on the Lunar surface by 2024. This thesis evaluates a path planning algorithm that is designed for autonomous navigation in the Lunar environment. The...master thesis 2023
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Turan, E. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)In recent years, there has been a growing interest in lunar missions, particularly with the growing role of small satellites facilitated by piggyback launch opportunities. Typically, ground-based radiometric tracking is the workhorse to establish the necessary navigation solution in these missions, however, this could be expensive, while small...conference paper 2023
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Adams, S.J.L. (author), Jarne Ornia, D. (author), Mazo, M. (author)We present a biologically inspired design for swarm foraging based on ant’s pheromone deployment, where the swarm is assumed to have very restricted capabilities. The robots do not require global or relative position measurements and the swarm is fully decentralized and needs no infrastructure in place. Additionally, the system only requires...journal article 2023
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Martinez Lopez, V.A. (author), Ziar, H. (author), Zeman, M. (author), Isabella, O. (author)The development of clean hydrogen and photovoltaic (PV) systems is lagging behind the goals set in the Net Zero Emissions scenario of the International Energy Agency. For this reason, efficient hydrogen production systems powered from renewable energy need to be deployed faster. This work presents an optimization procedure for a stand-alone,...journal article 2023
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Hesam Mahmoudi Nezhad, N. (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Hagen, C.W. (author), Kruit, P. (author)To design electron lens systems, applying a fully automated optimization routine has not yet been feasible, especially for the case where the optimization has many free variables of the lens system, such as all parameters that define the geometry of the lens electrodes and the voltage of each electrode. Hence, the study of the implementation of...conference paper 2023
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Zhou, Longyu (author), Leng, Supeng (author), Wang, Q. (author), Liu, Qiang (author)Various interconnected Internet of Things (IoT) devices have emerged, led by the intelligence of the IoT, to realize exceptional interaction with the physical world. In this context, UAV swarm-enabled Multiple Targets Tracking (UAV-MTT), which can sense and track mobile targets for many applications such as hit-and-run, is an appealing topic....journal article 2023
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van der Horst, Casper (author)For my Master’s thesis, I developed and trained an audio-based localization system for indoor localization called AudioLocNet. AudioLocNet is based on convolutional neural networks and maps recordings from a small(10cm diameter) microphone array to a grid of locations around said array. AudioLocNet was made to be used by swarms of small robots...master thesis 2022