Extreme winter weather conditions severely affect the transportation sector. Technologies such as Road Weather Information Systems provide live data on the road surface conditions to assist the road authorities in providing safe mobility. The main problem is, however, the limited number of such systems …

Docking or parking articulated vehicles is a difficult task which further becomes complex with increasing number of articulations, which can be arduous for even professional drivers. Driver’s limited view and perception coupled with divergent instability of articulated vehicles in reverse motion are …

Deze scriptie is het resultaat van de afstudeeropdracht die bij Rexnord uitgevoerd is. Rexnord is een producent van transportkettingen en –matten. De productie van de 1505 serie is momenteel handmatig. Door het ordervolume is het niet efficiënt om de assemblage handmatig te blijven doen. Om dit grotendeels …

When it comes to shopping and spending time in the city, much of the traditional offering has made place for something new, usually more expensive: coffee bars like Starbucks with a wide range of cafés and lattes; bakery stores with a big choice of luxury croissants, sourdough, gluten free or spelt bread; …

Research was conducted to enable remote control of a humanoid robotic arm using movements of the human arm. Several options for the measurement technique have been discussed, resulting in a proposal for usage of MARG sensor modules to measure human arm movement. The InvenSense MPU9250 sensors where used, …

Bij een incident kunnen stoffen vrijkomen die mens, milieu en dier mogelijk in gevaar kunnen brengen. Hiervoor is het noodzakelijk om snel informatie te verkrijgen van de vrijgekomen stoffen. De informatie kan worden gehaald uit analyseresultaten van de op de locatie verkregen monsters. Hedendaags wordt …

Living a sedentary lifestyle is one of the major causes of numerous health problems. To encourage employees to lead a less sedentary life, the Hanze University started a health promotion program. One of the interventions in the program was the use of an activity tracker to record participants' daily …

Vertical and horizontal alignment within organizations are seen as prerequisites for meeting strategic objectives and indications of effective management. In the area of safety management, the concept of vertical alignment has been followed through the introduction of hierarchical structures and bidirectional …