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Four-fingered lightweight exoskeleton robotic device accommodating different hand sizes (2015)
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Iqbal, J., Tsagarakis, N. G., & Caldwell, D. G. (2015). Four-fingered lightweight exoskeleton robotic device accommodating different hand sizes. Electronics letters, 51(12), 888-890. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2015.0850

A wearable hand exoskeleton (EXO) device that permits exertion of bidirectional forces on finger phalanges throughout the human finger workspace is proposed. The novelty of the proposed device lies in its direct-driven, portable and optimised mechani... Read More about Four-fingered lightweight exoskeleton robotic device accommodating different hand sizes.

A systematic review of current and emergent manipulator control approaches (2015)
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Ajwad, S. A., Iqbal, J., Ullah, M. I., & Mehmood, A. (2015). A systematic review of current and emergent manipulator control approaches. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 10(2), 198-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-015-0335-0

Pressing demands of productivity and accuracy in today’s robotic applications have highlighted an urge to replace classical control strategies with their modern control counterparts. This recent trend is further justified by the fact that the robotic... Read More about A systematic review of current and emergent manipulator control approaches.

Longitudinal and lateral slip control of autonomous wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking (2015)
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Khan, H., Iqbal, J., Baizid, K., & Zielinska, T. (2015). Longitudinal and lateral slip control of autonomous wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 16(2), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1400183

This research formulates a path-following control problem subjected to wheel slippage and skid and solves it using a logic-based control scheme for a wheeled mobile robot (WMR). The novelty of the proposed scheme lies in its methodology that consider... Read More about Longitudinal and lateral slip control of autonomous wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking.

3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO (2015)
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Nefti-Meziani, S., Manzoor, U., Davis, S., & Pupala, S. K. (2015). 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 68, 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.12.016

Depth estimation is a classical problem in computer vision and after decades of research many methods have been developed for 3D perception like magnetic tracking, mechanical tracking, acoustic tracking, inertial tracking, optical tracking using mark... Read More about 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO.

Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms (2015)
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Baizid, K., Yousnadj, A., Meddahi, A., Chellali, R., & Iqbal, J. (2015). Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 34, 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2014.12.003

Today's industrial manipulators are more and more demanding in terms of productivity. This goal could be achieved by increasing speed of the robot manipulator and/or by optimizing the trajectories followed by manipulators while performing manufacturi... Read More about Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms.

Model transformation for multi-objective architecture optimisation of dependable systems (2015)
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Mian, Z., Bottaci, L., Papadopoulos, Y., Sharvia, S., & Mahmud, N. (2015). Model transformation for multi-objective architecture optimisation of dependable systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 307, 91-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08964-5_6

The promise of model-based engineering is that by use of an integrated and coherent system model both functional and non-functional requirements may be analysed, implemented and tested in a rigorous and cost-effective manner. An important part of mod... Read More about Model transformation for multi-objective architecture optimisation of dependable systems.

Disturbance-observer-based robust control of a Serial-link robotic manipulator using SMC and PBC techniques (2015)
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Ajwad, S. A., Iqbal, J., Khan, A. A., & Mehmood, A. (2015). Disturbance-observer-based robust control of a Serial-link robotic manipulator using SMC and PBC techniques. Studies in Informatics and Control, 24(4), 401-408. https://doi.org/10.24846/v24i4y201504

Robotic manipulators deployed in automation industry require high speed with precision and accuracy to perform sophisticated control tasks. Whereas, the factors like highly coupled dynamics, internal and external perturbation forces, joint friction a... Read More about Disturbance-observer-based robust control of a Serial-link robotic manipulator using SMC and PBC techniques.

A safety analysis approach to clinical workflows : application and evaluation (2014)
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Gordon, N., Kabir, S., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Al-Qora’n, L. (in press). A safety analysis approach to clinical workflows : application and evaluation. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 4(3), 82-91. https://doi.org/10.14569/SpecialIssue.2014.040310

Clinical workflows are safety critical workflows as they have the potential to cause harm or death to patients. Their safety needs to be considered as early as possible in the development process. Effective safety analysis methods are required to ens... Read More about A safety analysis approach to clinical workflows : application and evaluation.

Investigating heuristic evaluation as a methodology for evaluating pedagogical software: An analysis employing three case studies (2014)
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Nganji, J., Brayshaw, M., Gordon, N., Butterfield, A., & Wen, L. (2014). Investigating heuristic evaluation as a methodology for evaluating pedagogical software: An analysis employing three case studies. Lecture notes in computer science, 8523 LNCS(PART 1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07482-5_3

This paper looks specifically at how to develop light weight methods of evaluating pedagogically motivated software. Whilst we value traditional usability testing methods this paper will look at how Heuristic Evaluation can be used as both a driving... Read More about Investigating heuristic evaluation as a methodology for evaluating pedagogical software: An analysis employing three case studies.

Partitioning networks into cliques: a randomized heuristic approach (2014)
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Chalupa, D. (2014). Partitioning networks into cliques: a randomized heuristic approach. Information Sciences and Technologies Bulletin of the ACM Slovakia, 6(3), 1-8

In the context of community detection in social networks, the term community can be grounded in the strict way that simply everybody should know each other within the community. We consider the corresponding community detection problem. We search for... Read More about Partitioning networks into cliques: a randomized heuristic approach.

A hybrid humanoid-wheeled mobile robotic educational platform - design and prototyping (2014)
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Arif, A. H., Waqas, M., Rahman, U. U., Anwar, S., Malik, A., & Iqbal, J. (2014). A hybrid humanoid-wheeled mobile robotic educational platform - design and prototyping. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 7(12), 2140-2148. https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i12.24

This research presents a novel, cost effective and indigenously developed educational framework for grasping hands-on concepts of Robotics and Mechatronics. The novelty of the platform lies in its ability to transform its shape from a humanoid to a w... Read More about A hybrid humanoid-wheeled mobile robotic educational platform - design and prototyping.

A target guided subband filter for acoustic event detection in noisy environments using wavelet packets (2014)
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Feng, Z.-R., Zhou, Q., Zhang, J., Jiang, P., & Yang, X.-W. (2015). A target guided subband filter for acoustic event detection in noisy environments using wavelet packets. IEEE/ACM transactions on audio, speech, and language processing, 23(2), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1109/taslp.2014.2381871

This paper deals with acoustic event detection (AED), such as screams, gunshots, and explosions, in noisy environments. The main aim is to improve the detection performance under adverse conditions with a very low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). A novel... Read More about A target guided subband filter for acoustic event detection in noisy environments using wavelet packets.

3D vasculature segmentation using localized hybrid level-set method (2014)
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Hong, Q., Li, Q., Wang, B., Li, Y., Yao, J., Liu, K., & Wu, Q. (2014). 3D vasculature segmentation using localized hybrid level-set method. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 13(1), 169. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-13-169

Background: Intensity inhomogeneity occurs in many medical images, especially in vessel images. Overcoming the difficulty due to image inhomogeneity is crucial for the segmentation of vessel image. Methods: This paper proposes a localized hybrid leve... Read More about 3D vasculature segmentation using localized hybrid level-set method.

Phenomenal regression to the real object in physical and virtual worlds (2014)
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Elner, K. W., & Wright, H. (2015). Phenomenal regression to the real object in physical and virtual worlds. Virtualreality : the journal of the Virtual Reality Society, 19(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-014-0257-x

© 2014, Springer-Verlag London. In this paper, we investigate a new approach to comparing physical and virtual size and depth percepts that captures the involuntary responses of participants to different stimuli in their field of view, rather than re... Read More about Phenomenal regression to the real object in physical and virtual worlds.

State estimation technique for a planetary robotic rover (2014)
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Iqbal, J., Rehman-Saad, M., Malik, A., & Mahmood-Tahir, A. (2014). State estimation technique for a planetary robotic rover. Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 58-68

Given the long traverse times and severe environmental constraints on a planet like Mars, the only option feasible now is to observe and explore the planet through more sophisticated planetary rovers. To achieve increasingly ambitious mission objecti... Read More about State estimation technique for a planetary robotic rover.

Subdivision surface fitting to a dense mesh using ridges and umbilics (2014)
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Ma, X., Keates, S., Jiang, Y., & Kosinka, J. (2015). Subdivision surface fitting to a dense mesh using ridges and umbilics. Computer aided geometric design, 32(January), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2014.10.001

Fitting a sparse surface to approximate vast dense data is of interest for many applications: reverse engineering, recognition and compression, etc. The present work provides an approach to fit a Loop subdivision surface to a dense triangular mesh of... Read More about Subdivision surface fitting to a dense mesh using ridges and umbilics.

Integrating model checking with HiP-HOPS in model-based safety analysis (2014)
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Sharvia, S., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2015). Integrating model checking with HiP-HOPS in model-based safety analysis. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 135(March), 64-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2014.10.025

The ability to perform an effective and robust safety analysis on the design of modern safety–critical systems is crucial. Model-based safety analysis (MBSA) has been introduced in recent years to support the assessment of complex system design by fo... Read More about Integrating model checking with HiP-HOPS in model-based safety analysis.

Technology demonstrator of a novel software defined radio-based aeronautical communications system (2014)
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Cheng, Y., Xu, K., Hu, Y. F., Pillai, P., Baddoo, J., Smith, A., …Pillai, A. (2014). Technology demonstrator of a novel software defined radio-based aeronautical communications system. IET science, measurement & technology, 8(6), 370-379. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2014.0003

This study presents the architectural design, software implementation, the validation and flight trial results of an aeronautical communications system developed within the Seamless Aeronautical Networking through integration of Data links Radios and... Read More about Technology demonstrator of a novel software defined radio-based aeronautical communications system.

Recent advances and applications of tethered robotic systems (2014)
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Ali Ajwad, S., & Iqbal, J. (2014). Recent advances and applications of tethered robotic systems. Science international (Lahore), 26(5), 2045-2051

With the advancement in technology, the field of robotics has evolved differently in multiple domains. For use in industries huge and autonomous robotic systems are developed. On the other hand, the increased demand of robotics in rescues, space and... Read More about Recent advances and applications of tethered robotic systems.