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 …

In Nederland wordt er 14,0 miljard kg melk geproduceerd. De koeien worden hiervoor gemolken in een melkstal of door een robot. Belangrijk is een goede conditie van de speenpunten. Wanneer de speenpunten vereelten neemt de kans op uierontsteking toe. Er zijn meerdere redenen dat speenpunten vereelten. …

There are an estimated 350.000 people in the Netherlands who are visually impaired. The largest group of these, about 75%, has low vision and the other 25% are blind. For both groups, their visual impairment has a profound impact on performing everyday activities and has therefore significant implications …

Older technologies, such as violins and computers, differ from newer technologies (Internet search engines, robots, chatbots, etc.). Older technologies are primarily tools for achieving our own stated goals, while new technologies are often used by third parties, whereby we ourselves are sometimes used …

The number of applications in which industrial robots share their working environment with people is increasing. Robots appropriate for such applications are equipped with safety systems according to ISO/TS 15066:2016 and are often referred to as collaborative robots (cobots). Due to the nature of human-robot …

Een van de robots die het lectoraat Mechatronica recent heeft ontwikkeld, is de NeNa robot, zie afbeelding 1. De NeNa robot is een prototype dat is ontwikkeld tijdens het NeNa project. In dit project werd onderzocht hoe een nauwkeurige, robuuste, betrouwbare en veilige industriële grondrobot ontwikkeld …

De locomotiescore bij melkkoeien is een afspiegeling van het voorkomen van kreupelheden in de koppel. Een minder goede locomotie bij melkkoeien wordt vooral veroorzaakt door klauwproblemen. Om de locomotiescore van melkkoeien te verbeteren is het van belang om te weten wat de risicofactoren van de klauwaandoeningen …