Localization is a crucial skill in mobile robotics because the robot needs to make reasonable navigation decisions to complete its mission. Many approaches exist to implement localization, but artificial intelligence can be an interesting alternative to traditional localization techniques based on model …

A resource optimization methodology is proposed for application in long range wide area networks (LoRaWANs). Using variable neighborhood search (VNS) and a minimum-cost spanning tree algorithm, it reduces the implementation and the maintenance costs of such low power networks. Performance evaluations …

Dit werk beschrijft de fabricage van een op titaniumcarbide nanodeeltjes gebaseerde inkjet-geprinte flexibele bidirectionele stromingssensor. Het ontwerp van de stromingssensor bestaat uit een met inkjet geprinte titaniumcarbide piëzoresistieve spanningsmeter op een polyester cantilever. De sensoren …

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 …

Covid-19 made us realize that educational practices in higher education must change AND can change. A possible solution for practicing lab work is working in a remote lab: a real lab in which students and the equipment/instruments are physically apart. The concept of printed touchless electronics was …

In het dagelijks taalgebruik is ‘2.0’ een vage kreet geworden die ‘vernieuwing’ aanduidt: Paus Franciscus creëert een ‘Vaticaan 2.0’ en een dokter met internet is een ‘huisarts 2.0’. Nieuw en verbeterd! Maar wat moeten we ons dan bij 4.0 voorstellen? Nóg nieuwer? Nóg beter?

Industrial robot manipulators are widely used for repetitive applications that require high precision, like pick-and-place. In many cases, the movements of industrial robot manipulators are hard-coded or manually defined, and need to be adjusted if the objects being manipulated change position. To increase …

This Work-in-Progress Innovate Practice Short Paper is concentrated around online teaching and learning and especially focused on the didactics in remote labs. In a remote lab, the lab equipment or instruments are geographically at another place than the student (and/or lecturer) himself. Learning will …