Delft Haptics Lab

PhD Projects

Understanding the human as a controller

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  Haptics for body-powered prosthesis

  Human Motion Control | 2012-2016 (PhD Project, Completed)
  Lead: Mona Hichert
  This PhD Project was performed by Mona Hitherto, under supervision of Dick Plettenburg, DirkJan Veeger, and David Abbink.
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  Measuring, Modeling and Mitigating Biodynamic Feedthrough

  Human Motion Control | 2010-2014 (PhD Project, Completed)
  Lead: Joost Venrooij
  This PhD project was completed by Joost Venrooij, when he graduated cum laude in march 2014. The thesis led to 9 journal publications and 9 conference publ...
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  Neuromuscular Analysis of a Haptic Gas Pedal for Car Following

  Human Motion Control | 2002-2006 (PhD Project, Completed)
  Lead: David Abbink
  David Abbink worked together with Mark Mulder towards a PhD thesis on the “Magic Bumper” project, sponsored by Nissan Motor Company. The goal w...
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  Effect of environment on Driver Behaviour

  Human Motion Control | 2016-2020 (PhD project, Active)
  Lead: Sarvesh Kolekar
  While driving in day to day life, humans encounter several situations to whom they adapt. The goal of this project is to find the underlying principles tha...
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  Identification of Adaptive Driver Behaviour

  Human Motion Control | 2016-2020 (PhD project, Active)
  Lead: Sarah Barendswaard
  This PhD project is performed by Sarah Barendswaard, under supervision of David Abbink and Daan Pool.
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  Effective Control Interfaces and Shared Control for Telemanipulation

  Human Motion Control | 2011-2016 (PhD Project, Active)
  Lead: Jeroen Wildenbeest
  Telemanipulators are robotic devices which allow human operators to perform complex tasks in hostile environments (e.g. space, nuclear) or environments wit...

Developing novel human-machine interaction

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  Analysis and optimization of tele-operated task performance of ITER Remote Handling

  Novel human-machine interaction | 2011-2017 (PhD Project, Completed)
  Lead: Henri Boessenkool
  This PhD project is performed by Henri Boessenkool, supervised by Maarten Steinbuch, Marco de Baar and David Abbink. It is funded through the GOT programme...
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  Haptic Gas Pedal Feedback for Active Car-Following Support

  Novel human-machine interaction | 2002-2007 (PhD project, Completed)
  Lead: Mark Mulder
  
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  Haptic Shared Control for Multi-operator Telemanipulation

  Novel human-machine interaction | 2012-2016 (PhD Project, Active)
  Lead: Jeroen van Oosterhout
  A subset of tele-manipulation tasks requires a pair of operators acting simultaneously to dynamically manoeuvre and align objects. The problem in such co...
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  Haptic Shared Control for Sub-Sea Mining

  Novel human-machine interaction | 2012-2017 (PhD Project, Active)
  Lead: Roel Kuiper
  This PhD project is performed by Roel Kuiper, under supervision of David Abbink and Frans van der Helm, in close co-operation with Seatools. Abstract Remo...
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  Haptic Shared Control for a Lifting Aid in Care environments

  Novel human-machine interaction | 2011-2015 (PhD Project, Active)
  Lead: Jack Schorsch
    The aim of Jack Schorsch’s PhD project is to realize a breakthrough in the physical support of healthcare workers for lifting and assisting pa...

Developing haptic manipulators

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  Mechatronic Optimization of Parallel Haptic Master Devices

  Developing haptic manipulators | 2012-2016 (PhD Project, Completed)
  Lead: Teun Hoevenaars
  In telemanipulation systems, an operator directly controls a robotic manipulator located at a remote location. The robotic manipulator is called the slave ...