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Have neural networks gone beyond our understanding?
Artificial intelligence has seen an enormous growth spurt with the application of ‘deep neural networks’. Such networks are taking over…
Three generations in 50m2
A luxury flat does not have to be big. Every wall, door and piece of furniture should be able to change shape or location.
The blue line
Since September a blue line is running across campus. Why?
Human control of artificial intelligence
How can you design autonomous systems like robots, self-driving cars or IT systems to be transparent and always open to human intervention?…
When is the best time to do the laundry?
The advent of a new power system will turn the distribution and consumption of electricity upside down. This, and driverless cars were…
‘Businesses aren’t advertising their use of ai’
How do professionals see the future of artificial intelligence and the role that TU Delft can play? We asked two alumni.
How do care robots learn?
“Care robots have to learn from their mistakes, only then can they work together with humans," says prof.dr.ir. Pieter Jonker…
Should we be afraid of self-learning algorithms?
Self-learning algorithms determine internet search results, choose which messages you see from friends on Facebook, and may eventually even…
Learning to fly on their own
Teaching a robot new tricks by trial and error is less than ideal. ‘For flying robots, such a teaching method – reinforcement learning in…
Learn more about robots
Will robots of the future have a free will or take control of the world?
Finding eddies and fresh water
Delft researchers are investigating how salt and nutrients are transported by ocean currents, and how submarine groundwater discharge…
Cuneiform in a scanner
Beads, bones and arrowheads. Plenty of odd objects have found their way into the micro CT scanner at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and…
Kick starting artificial life
In the quest to create artificial life, TU Delft researchers have taken an important step. They designed a strand of artificial DNA that is…
Electrical activity in the dark
You would expect scientists to know all there is to know about diatoms. They are after all a major group of microorganisms found in the…
Extended urbanisation in the North Sea
The North Sea is not only a huge body of water but also a site of unfolding urbanisation processes. Marie Curie Fellow Nancy Couling is…