Bringing Sensor Data to Simulation: Formula Student Team Delft Workflow with Xsens and MATLAB & Simulink

Overview

Formula Student Team Delft, in collaboration with Xsens and MathWorks, will demonstrate their workflow for integrating motion sensors with MATLAB & Simulink in Formula Student development. This session will explore how Formula Student Team Delft uses Xsens sensors with MathWorks tools for vehicle data collection, processing, and simulation to enhance their car’s performance. Attendees will gain insights into sensor fusion, data-driven modeling, and simulation-based validation in motorsports engineering.

Highlights

• How the Formula Student Team Delft collects and utilizes sensor data from Xsens devices.
• Data processing, visualization, and analysis using MathWorks tools.
• Understanding sensor fusion and simulation for racecar development.
• Practical insights from Formula Student Team Delft engineers, Xsens experts, and MathWorks professionals.

About the Presenters

Martijn van der Linden: Martijn is a Field Application Engineer at Movella Technologies in the Automation & Mobility team. With a master’s in Embedded Systems Engineering from the University of Twente, he supports customers on technical aspects with their integration and development of moving platforms/vehicles, which require inertial sensors for control, stabilization and navigation. His background includes research in Federated Learning and experience in event coordination and video production.

Laurens Michielsen: Laurens completed his bachelor’s in computer science at TU Delft last year. He is now Chief Embedded & Autonomous Software. His interests lie in data science, robotics, machine learning, and AI.

Max van Iwaarden: Max is a student of the faculty Aerospace Engineering at the TU Delft, currently functional at Formula Student Team Delft as the Chief of Vehicle Dynamics and Controls

Veer Alakshendra: Dr. Veer Alakshendra is the Education Programs Manager at MathWorks, leading the Education Programs Team in India. Along with his team, he drives multiple student programs. His expertise includes kinematics, dynamics, control design, vibration, and optimization in mechatronics. He holds a master’s in mechatronics from NITK Surathkal and a PhD in robotics from VNIT Nagpur.