The effects of different control methods on human biomechanics during exoskeleton walking

Ever since human ancestors picked up rocks and used them as tools, technology has enhanced human capabilities. Over the last decades more and more research has been done in trying to enhance strength and endurance by means of an exoskeleton. Reducing the metabolic cost of human walking using lower extremity exoskeletons is one of the challenges...

RekenRobot: Assisting primary school teachers in arithmetic education

A large problem that primary schools face is that the ratio of pupils to teachers is too high, the class sizes are too large and this makes it difficult for a single teacher to have a good oversight of how the development of a given child is going. The aim of Interactive Robotics is to tackle this problem by bringing robots into the classroom to...

Fracture Toughness of Aerospace Structures: On the Use of Redundant Lattice Structures

Both experimental and numerical studies have shown that the crack-bridging is one of the most significant mechanism contributing to the fracture toughness of natural materials like nacre and bone. This study aims to explore if additive manufactured lattice structures can be used to bridge fatigue cracks as well, thereby improving the fracture...

CAST Formwork System: A redesign and evaluation of the CAST formwork system concept

In the graduation project of Remmerswaal, N. (2015), a concept for a new building system for the Indonesian kampung was developed: The CAST formwork system. The development of the concept was based on several identified problems of the Indonesian construction sector. The project concluded with a first design of the CAST formwork system, in this...

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Developing a framework for an ecosystem-based approach to sustainable marina development: Including a framework application case study for a marina on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean

This thesis report considers the topic of sustainable marina development. This term can be understood to be a combination of two terms; “sustainable development” and “marina”. Sustainable development in this research study has been considered in relation to the coastal zone and basically entails an approach to ensure a balance between the...

The detection of local embrittlement in welded structures