All Outputs (348)

Addressing collision avoidance and nonholonomic constraints of a wheeled robot: Modeling and simulation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Zohaib, M., Pasha, S. M., Bushra, H., Hassan, K., & Iqbal, J. (2014). Addressing collision avoidance and nonholonomic constraints of a wheeled robot: Modeling and simulation. In 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE) (306-311). https://doi.org/10.1109/iCREATE.2014.6828385

This paper presents kinematic model of two configurations of a wheeled mobile robot. Two-wheeled robot with castor and four-wheeled robot are considered for modeling. Kinematic equations, modeled in MATLAB/Simulink, represent the position and angle o... Read More about Addressing collision avoidance and nonholonomic constraints of a wheeled robot: Modeling and simulation.

Modeling and computed torque control of a 6 degree of freedom robotic arm (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Ullah, M. I., Ajwad, S. A., Islam, R. U., Iqbal, U., & Iqbal, J. (2014). Modeling and computed torque control of a 6 degree of freedom robotic arm. In 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE) (133-138). https://doi.org/10.1109/iCREATE.2014.6828353

This paper presents modelling and control design of ED 7220C - a vertical articulated serial arm having 5 revolute joints with 6 Degree Of Freedom. Both the direct and inverse kinematic models have been developed. For analysis of forces and to facili... Read More about Modeling and computed torque control of a 6 degree of freedom robotic arm.

Investigating household recycling behaviour through the interactions between personal and situational factors (2014)
Conference Proceeding
A-Jalil, E. E., Grant, D. B., Nicholson, J. D., & Deutz, P. (2014). Investigating household recycling behaviour through the interactions between personal and situational factors. . https://doi.org/10.2495/wm140101

In recent years household recycling behaviour (HRB) has become a focal point in social science research to understand the concept of household waste recycling management. Household recycling systems involve two main actors: households and municipalit... Read More about Investigating household recycling behaviour through the interactions between personal and situational factors.

Zeremonielle Sattelzeit? Überlegungen zu einer Neuverortung der symbolischen Kommunikation am Ende der Frühen Neuzeit (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Biskup, T. (2014). Zeremonielle Sattelzeit? Überlegungen zu einer Neuverortung der symbolischen Kommunikation am Ende der Frühen Neuzeit. In Repräsentation und Selbstinszenierung Friedrichs des Großen

Friedrich II. "der Große" wird häufig zitiert, um den "Niedergang" frühneuzeitlichen Zeremoniells im 18. Jahrhundert zu belegen: Er gilt bis heute als roi-philosophe, dessen verächtliche Äußerungen zu "barockem" Zeremoniell auf einen grundsätzlichen... Read More about Zeremonielle Sattelzeit? Überlegungen zu einer Neuverortung der symbolischen Kommunikation am Ende der Frühen Neuzeit.

Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Fanan, A., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014). Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio. In International Conference Image Processing, Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICICIE'2014) (73-77). https://doi.org/10.15242/IIE.E0114560

In the present day Cognitive Radio has become a realistic option for solution of the spectrum scarcity problem in wireless communication. One of the most challenging issues in cognitive radio systems is spectrum sensing concepts, which is considered... Read More about Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio.

A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2 (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Ammar, M., Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Fanan, A., Paulson, K., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014). A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2. In International Conference Image Processing, Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICICIE'2014) (14-17). https://doi.org/10.15242/IIE.E0114

— The spectrum monitoring has gained new aspects with development of the software defined radio SDR as its very important issue in the spectrum management area. In this paper a spectrum monitoring technique with SDR is proposed, the setup of the prot... Read More about A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2.

Technology as an observing system : a 2nd order cybernetics approach (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Demetis, D. (2014). Technology as an observing system : a 2nd order cybernetics approach.

The role of technology in modern society is becoming fundamental to society itself as the boundary between technological utilization and technological interference narrows. Technology penetrates the core of an ever-increasing number of application do... Read More about Technology as an observing system : a 2nd order cybernetics approach.

Observationally-motivated analysis of simulated galaxies (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Gibson, B. K., MacFarlane, B. A., & Miranda, M. S. (2014). Observationally-motivated analysis of simulated galaxies.

© Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence. The spatial and temporal relationships between stellar age, kinematics, and chemistry are a fundamental tool for uncovering the p... Read More about Observationally-motivated analysis of simulated galaxies.

Saint Birgitta of Sweden’s Life in a Middle English Context (2013)
Conference Proceeding
O'Mara, V. (2013). Saint Birgitta of Sweden’s Life in a Middle English Context. In C. Gejrot, M. Åkestam, & R. Andersson (Eds.), The Birgittine Experience: Papers from the Birgitta Conference in Stockholm 2011 (54-71)

A slot-loaded reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna for UWB applications (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Zolfaghari, M., Riley, N. G., Mahdawi, M., & Shen, J. (2013). A slot-loaded reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna for UWB applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2013.6711973

The paper presents a co-planar wave guide (CPW)-fed slot loaded low return loss planar printed antenna with a small size designed for wireless communication and UWB applications. First, a conventional UWB antenna is modeled to provide a reference poi... Read More about A slot-loaded reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna for UWB applications.

Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M. A., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2013). Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio. . https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2013.6716212

Cognitive radio offers an increasingly attractive solution to overcome the underutilization problem. A sensor network based cooperative wideband spectrum sensing is proposed in this paper. The purpose of the sensor network is to determine the frequen... Read More about Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio.

Phase mixing of popped star clusters (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Candlish, G. N., Smith, R., Fellhauer, M., Gibson, B. K., Kroupa, P., & Assmann, P. (2013). Phase mixing of popped star clusters. In A. Mateus, J. Gregorio-Hetem, & R. Cid Fernandes (Eds.),

As star clusters are expected to form with low star formation efficiencies, the gas in the cluster is expelled quickly and early in their development: the star cluster pops. This leads to an unbound stellar system. Previous N-body simulations have de... Read More about Phase mixing of popped star clusters.

Automatic generation of Temporal Fault Trees from AADL models (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Mahmud, N., & Mian, Z. (2014). Automatic generation of Temporal Fault Trees from AADL models. In R. Steenbergen, P. VanGelder, S. Miraglia, & A. Vrouwenvelder (Eds.), Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis : Beyond the Horizon (2741-2749). https://doi.org/10.1201/b15938

The Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL) is gaining growing acceptance in the aerospace, automobile and avionics industries. These industries are increasingly concerned with systems exhibiting sequence-dependent failures. About dependabil... Read More about Automatic generation of Temporal Fault Trees from AADL models.

The technology supported assessment model: a proposal for FIT in HNUE (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Nguyen, T. C., & Gordon, N. (2013). The technology supported assessment model: a proposal for FIT in HNUE. In D. Graham (Ed.),

The student learning assessment systems used in many Vietnamese universities do not utilise technology enhanced learning. Therefore, assessment systems take up a lot of time, and require manual human intervention. Moreover, the benefits of active lea... Read More about The technology supported assessment model: a proposal for FIT in HNUE.

Robotics for nuclear power plants - Challenges and future perspectives (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Iqbal, J., Tahir, A. M., Ul Islam, R., & Riaz-Un-Nabi. (2013). Robotics for nuclear power plants - Challenges and future perspectives. In 2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI) (151-156). https://doi.org/10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473373

Use of robotics and computerized tools in Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) has been identified as a highly recommended practice by IAEA. The key rationale of robotics application has always been to avoid human exposure to hazardous environments and tasks... Read More about Robotics for nuclear power plants - Challenges and future perspectives.

An autonomous image-guided robotic system simulating industrial applications (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Islam, R. U., Iqbal, J., Manzoor, S., Khalid, A., & Khan, S. (2013). An autonomous image-guided robotic system simulating industrial applications. In 2012 7th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) (344-349). https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSoSE.2012.6384195

This paper presents a robotic system based on a serial manipulator. The robot is a vertical articulated arm with 5 revolute joints having 6 Degree Of Freedom. Actuated with six precise servo motors, the system offers positional accuracy of ±0.5mm wit... Read More about An autonomous image-guided robotic system simulating industrial applications.

Brain controlled human robot interface (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Naveed, K., Iqbal, J., & Ur Rehman, H. (2013). Brain controlled human robot interface. In 2012 International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI) (55-60). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI.2012.6413410

This Paper emphasizes on the ever increasing need of better communication medium between a human and a robot in order to control it precisely. Brain Computer Interface (BCI) is the most suitable mean of communication between them, especially for the... Read More about Brain controlled human robot interface.

Volunteer ESOL teaching: Local pedagogy or teaching without a theory? (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Nickson, M. J. (2012). Volunteer ESOL teaching: Local pedagogy or teaching without a theory?. In K. Donnelly, & F. Formato (Eds.), Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics & Language Teaching 2012, 105-140

In the UK, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is a domain of language learning and teaching where teaching strategy in mainstream, accredited provision is influenced not only by pedagogical and language learning theory but also by policy... Read More about Volunteer ESOL teaching: Local pedagogy or teaching without a theory?.

Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2012). Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio. In 20th Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2012 (623-626). https://doi.org/10.1109/telfor.2012.6419287

Cognitive radio (CR) technology promises to be one possible solution to solve the problem of lack of frequency spectrum, by allowing access of unlicensed users in licensed bands, based on an opportunistic approach and without interfering with the lic... Read More about Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio.

Control strategies for robotic manipulators (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Khan, M. F., Ul Islam, R., & Iqbal, J. (2012). Control strategies for robotic manipulators. In 2012 International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI) (26-33). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI.2012.6413422

This survey is aimed at presenting the major robust control strategies for rigid robot manipulators. The techniques discussed are feedback linearization/Computed torque control, Variable structure compensator, Passivity based approach and Disturbance... Read More about Control strategies for robotic manipulators.