Project Mario Lectoraat Mechatronica

Abstract: Background: There has been a rapid increase in the population of senior citizens in many countries. The shortage of caregivers is becoming a pressing concern. Robots are being deployed in an attempt to fill this gap and reduce the workload of caregivers. This study explores how healthcare …

From the pubisher's website: This paper aims to chart the (moral) values from a robotic industry's perspective regarding the introduction of robots in education. To our knowledge, no studies thus far have addressed this perspective in considering the moral values within this robotic domain. However, …

This study explores how people with mild dementia can be involved in co-designing meaningful applications and interactions for a social assistive robot (SAR) named Tessa. Through ten case studies and several focus group sessions with elderly participants, researchers identified specific needs and tested …

Cozmo is a real-life robot designed to interact with people playing games, making sounds, expressing emotions on a LCD screen and many other pre-programmable functions. We present the development and implementation of an educational platform for Cozmo mobile robot, with several features, including web …

A lot of trends and developments are happening within facility management (FM). From using cleaning and caring robots till changing the workplace to a wellness destination (Sodexo, 2017; CBRE, 2017). Another trend involves around buildings, which are becoming more intelligent than their users (ISS, …

Gepubliceerd in Mikroniek, nr. 6 2018 In manufacturing environments where collaborative robots are employed, conventional computer vision algorithms have trouble in the robust localisation and detection of products due to changing illumination conditions and shadows caused by a human sharing the …

Dit essay geeft een systeemvisie op het ontwikkelen van embedded software voor slimme systemen: (mobiele) robots en sensornetwerken.

Het lectoraat Technology, Health & Care van Saxion doet onderzoek naar de acceptatie van sociale technologie en de interactie tussen professionals en cliënten, in combinatie met een robot. In dit kwalitaieve onderzoek is gekeken naar de effectiviteit van Paro in de vermindering van eenzaamheid bij mentaal …

De Howiblo wil hedendaags en vernieuwend onderwijs, maar geven hier in het schooljaar 2017/2018 nog geen vorm aan in de praktijk. De school vindt programmeren interessant, maar ze weten niet of het in de onderbouw al veel zin heeft om aan te bieden. Daaruit ontstond de volgende hoofdvraag: Hoe beïnvloedt …