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New book by Professor Bas Kokshoorn
27 February 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyWhat can DNA traces reveal about events at a crime scene? Bas Kokshoorn and Duncan Taylor explore this question in their new book. ‘There is a high demand for knowledge on this topic. Hopefully, this book can ...
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‘Neuroarchitecture is promising for the future’
10 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyIn many cities, building up is the only way to meet massive demand. But how can we ensure all of this dense vertical development does not sacrifice urban quality of life? In their book Neuroarchitecture, Frank ...
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Recap Food for Thought Inspiration Session November 2023
9 January 2024 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCIThe relationship between humans and robots is evolving into an increasingly symbiotic interplay. Ask yourself how often you actually interact with some form of robotics on a daily basis, like the smart hoover, for ...
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AUAS contributes to Dutch Forensic Research Agenda
12 December 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyFrom the police force and the Public Prosecution Service to the higher education sector and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), forensics world actors have all joined forces in recent years to develop the Dutch ...
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Robot Lab propels circularity in the hospitality industry
11 December 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAs often as every 7 years, an average hospitality business renovates its interior. This high turnover is mainly done using new materials. Can that be done differently? That question was the focus of the seminar ...
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AUAS develops teaching package for international SHUTTLE project
30 January 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe international SHUTTLE project has now been completed after two years of research. In this project, partners from the Netherlands, France, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Israel developed a smart, automated ...
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‘We’re inspired by their original ideas and enthusiasm’
21 December 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyOne glance out of the window and they can immediately see what they’re doing it for: from the Robot lab, students at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) look directly out onto Stadhouderskade. In ...
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New mission, new name: Centre of Expertise City Net Zero
26 October 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyThe Centre of Expertise (CoE) Urban Technology, housed in the Faculty of Technology at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), today changes its name to City Net Zero. This name reflects the renewed ...
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5 years Robot Lab: 5 highlights
3 October 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyIn September the Robot Lab of the AUAS celebrates its fifth anniversary. Time to look back! What were the highlights of the past years? Marta Malé-Alemany, Lead of the Robot Lab and Head Lecturer in Digital ...
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Once your door, now your coffee table
30 June 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyTechnology at its best: with the aid of computational design and industrial robots, researchers at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are working on ways to give waste wood a second life. Currently, this ...
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A second life for discarded hard foam
19 April 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyFrom freezers to wall panels: polyurethane hard foam can be found in many products and objects. Though it is a valuable material with excellent insulating properties, it often ends up in the incinerator or in ...
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KNMI and AUAS establish new Climate Literacy research group
3 March 2022How do we ensure that professionals interpret climate change data correctly? And that they translate this information into a clear message for the general public? These questions are the focus of the new L.INT ...
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Using eye tracking to see how people experience high-rises
18 November 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesDuring the next decade, cities will become more crowded – and taller. The Netherlands aims to build an additional 1 million homes in 10 years, the majority of them in cities, alongside existing buildings. How ...
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From old floor parts to urban element
1 November 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyThis prototype of a sturdy wooden urban furniture, the size of a parking lot space, is the outcome of the two-week Makeathon of the Robotic Production and Circular Materials minor, hosted by the Robot Lab of the ...
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AUAS professor Jeroen Kluck wins IXA Impact Award 2021
28 October 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyFlooded streets, basements full of water and people getting ill or even dying during heatwaves. The Netherlands is already experiencing the consequences of climate change. Jeroen Kluck, Professor of Water in and ...
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From an old window frame to a hip custom furniture piece
15 October 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyYou can make trendy things with wood from renovation projects. This has been proven by students and researchers of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Using digital technology and robots, they ...
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From timber waste to designer pieces using DPRG
5 February 2020 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyAlthough wood waste is a complex residual stream, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has identified opportunities for it to be turned into high-quality products at its Robotlab. Alongside project ...
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Knowledge institutions invest EUR 1 billion in AI
13 December 2019 | CommunicationAmsterdam's knowledge institutes, including the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), are joining forces and investing EUR 1 billion in the development of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) ...