The challenges facing primary education are significant: a growing teacher shortage, relatively high administrative burdens that contribute to work-related stress and an increasing diversity of children in the classroom. A promising new technology that can help teachers and children meet these challenges …

Given the hospitality industry's quick rebound and volume growth in most OECD nations following the Great Recession, the hotel sector in the Netherlands is currently experiencing a severe labour shortage that predates the Covid-19 epidemic (Joppe, 2012). Staff shortages and cost-cutting measures in the …

Een krappe arbeidsmarkt en steeds meer variatie in de vraag: de uitdagingen van bedrijven in de industrie. De inzet van robots biedt kansen. Om succes te hebben moet je wel op een aantal zaken letten. In deze masterclass bespreken onderzoekers van HAN en Saxion de uitkomsten van een onderzoek naar uitdagingen …

Robotisation for Lean Assembly 8-6-2023 HLQCVerzorgd door Andras Ligetti SUMMARY During this workshop, we will work on the practical application of robotics and Lean to increase your production efficiency, particularly if you are producing a high variety of products. PROGRAM Businesses are scaling …

(ca. 61 aanmeldingen, 38 personen geweest, afmeldingen op dag zelf diverse redenen.) Netwerkbijeenkomst Industrie 5.0 georganiseerd door de HAN, Saxion, TNO en Universiteit Twente. Momenteel zien we veel veranderingen in de maakindustrie op het gebied van technologische innovatie, veranderende beroepsbevolking …

This review is the first step in a long-term research project exploring how social robotics and AI-generated content can contribute to the creative experiences of older adults, with a focus on collaborative drawing and painting. We systematically searched and selected literature on human-robot co-creativity, …

Laboratory experiments are important pedagogical tools in engineering courses. Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic made it very difficult or impossible for laboratory classes to take place, resulting on a fast transition to simulation as an approach to guarantee the effectiveness of teaching. …

This study investigated a seven sessions interaction between a peer-tutor robot and Dutch preschoolers (5 years old) during which the children learned English. We examined whether children’s engagement differed when interacting with a tablet and a robot using iconic gestures, with a tablet and a robot …

For almost 25 years, the goal of the RoboCup has been to build soccer robots capable of winning against the FIFA World Champion of 2050. To foster the participation of the next generation of roboticists, the RoboCupJunior competition takes place in parallel and provides a similar challenge of appropriate …