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Reaction-diffusion controllers for robots (2009)
Book Chapter
Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., & Yokoi, H. (2009). Reaction-diffusion controllers for robots. In A. Adamatzky, & M. Komosinski (Eds.), Artificial Life Models in Hardware (233-264). London: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-530-7_11

Excitable systems, particularly spatially extended media, exhibit a wide variety of travelling patterns and different modes of interaction. The Belousov-Zhabo-tinsky [1] (BZ) reaction is the most well known and extensively studied example of non-line... Read More about Reaction-diffusion controllers for robots.

High survivability of a large colony through a small-world relationship (2009)
Journal Article
Matsubara, T., Sato, H., Kubo, M., & Melhuish, C. (2009). High survivability of a large colony through a small-world relationship. Artificial Life and Robotics, 14(2), 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0646-5

In this article, energy trophallaxis, i.e., distributed autonomous energy management methodology inspired by social insects and bat behavior, and its advantages, are shown by a series of computer simulations to address the survivability of organized... Read More about High survivability of a large colony through a small-world relationship.

CHARM: social norms marketing for energy efficiency (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Rettie, R., Studley, M., & Barnham, C. (2009, October). CHARM: social norms marketing for energy efficiency. Paper presented at First European Conference on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour 2009: Connecting Policy, Theory and Practice, Maastricht, The Netherlands

UK focus group research with dark/light and non-green consumers explored attitudes to a range of government, charity, manufacturer and retailer sustainability initiatives. The study explored how consumers understand the term 'green' and its relation... Read More about CHARM: social norms marketing for energy efficiency.

Intercontinental, multimodal, wide-range tele-cooperation using a humanoid robot (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Evrard, P., Mansard, N., Stasse, O., Kheddar, A., Schauß, T., Weber, C., …Buss, M. (2009, October). Intercontinental, multimodal, wide-range tele-cooperation using a humanoid robot. Paper presented at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, St. Louis, USA

Whisking with robots: From rat vibrissae to biomimetic technology for active touch (2009)
Journal Article
Prescott, T. J., Pearson, M., Mitchinson, B., Sullivan, J. C. W., & Pipe, A. G. (2009). Whisking with robots: From rat vibrissae to biomimetic technology for active touch. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 16(3), 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2009.933624

This article summarizes some of the key features of the rat vibrissal system, including the actively controlled sweeping movements of the vibrissae known as whisking, and reviews the past and ongoing research aimed at replicating some of this functio... Read More about Whisking with robots: From rat vibrissae to biomimetic technology for active touch.

Seeing the hand while reaching speeds up on-line responses to a sudden change in target position (2009)
Journal Article
Bülthoff, H. H., Reichenbach, A., Thielscher, A., Peer, A., & Bresciani, J. P. (2009). Seeing the hand while reaching speeds up on-line responses to a sudden change in target position. Journal of Physiology, 587(19), 4605-4616. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2009.176362

Goal-directed movements are executed under the permanent supervision of the central nervous system, which continuously processes sensory afferents and triggers on-line corrections if movement accuracy seems to be compromised. For arm reaching movemen... Read More about Seeing the hand while reaching speeds up on-line responses to a sudden change in target position.

Genetic approaches to search for computing patterns in cellular automata (2009)
Journal Article
Sapin, E., Bull, L., & Adamatzky, A. (2009). Genetic approaches to search for computing patterns in cellular automata. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(3), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCI.2009.933097

The emergence of collision based computing in complex systems with local interactions is discussed. Simulations of logic gates have been inspired by the simulation of an AND gate by the Game of Life. The evolutionary algorithm is also used to modify... Read More about Genetic approaches to search for computing patterns in cellular automata.

Experimental analysis of dominance in haptic collaboration (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Groten, R., Feth, D., Goshy, H., Peer, A., Kenny, D. A., & Buss, M. (2009, September). Experimental analysis of dominance in haptic collaboration. Paper presented at 18th International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Toyama

Facial geometry estimation using photometric stereo and profile views (2009)
Journal Article
Atkinson, G., Smith, M., Smith, L., & Farooq, A. (2009). Facial geometry estimation using photometric stereo and profile views. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5558 LNCS, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01793-3_1

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the three-dimensional shape of faces, facilitating the possibility of enhanced face recognition. The method involves a combined use of photometric stereo and profile view information. It can be divide... Read More about Facial geometry estimation using photometric stereo and profile views.

Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robot devices (2009)
Book Chapter
Harper, C., Dogramadzi, S., & Tokhi, O. (2009). Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robot devices. In O. Tosun, H. Akin, M. Tokhi, & G. Virk (Eds.), Mobile Robotics Solutions and Challenges: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-11 September 2009 (155-162). World Scientific Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814291279_0022

With the emergence of mobile robots, including service robots for use in public, domestic and industrial environments, a more comprehensive standard to cover the new robots and associated technologies is needed. New scopes of the robots applications... Read More about Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robot devices.

Service robots ethics (2009)
Book Chapter
Dogramadzi, S., Virk, G., Tokhi, O., & Harper, C. (2009). Service robots ethics. In O. Tosun, H. Akin, M. Tokhi, & G. Virk (Eds.), Mobile Robotics Solutions and Challenges: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-11 September 2009 (133-139). World Scientific Publishing Co. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814291279_0019

The area of robotics is moving from its traditional roots in the industrial sector as the entire robotic community is keen to develop new types of robots for new environments. This change is emphasis is being driven by many factors and it is now wi... Read More about Service robots ethics.

Engineless unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion by dynamic soaring (2009)
Journal Article
Deittert, M., Toomer, C., Richards, A., & Pipe, A. (2009). Engineless unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion by dynamic soaring. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(5), 1446-1457. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.43270

Dynamic soaring is a flight technique which extracts energy from wind gradients with the potential to power small unmanned aerial vehicles in maritime applications. Wind gradients of the required magnitude naturally occur at the air-sea interface due... Read More about Engineless unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion by dynamic soaring.

Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction (2009)
Journal Article
Toth, R., Stone, C., Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., & Bull, L. (2009). Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 41(4), 1605-1615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2008.07.001

We present experimental verification of wave fragment collisions in the sub-excitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium observed previously in simulation [Adamatzky A, De Lacy Costello B. Binary collisions between wave fragments in a sub-excitable Belousov... Read More about Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.

Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction (2009)
Journal Article
Toth, R., Stone, C., Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., & Bull, L. (2009). Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 41(4), 1605-1615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2008.07.001

Using the examples of an excitable chemical system (the Belousov–Zhabotinsky medium) and plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum we show that universal computation in a geometrically unconstrained medium is only possible when resources (excitability or c... Read More about Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction.

Facial reconstruction and alignment using photometric stereo and surface fitting (2009)
Journal Article
Farooq, A. R., Atkinson, G., Smith, M., & Smith, L. (2009). Facial reconstruction and alignment using photometric stereo and surface fitting. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5524 LNCS, 88-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02172-5_13

This paper presents a novel 3D face shape capture device suitable for practical face recognition applications. A new surface fitting based face alignment algorithm is then presented to normalise the pose in preparation for recognition. The 3D data ca... Read More about Facial reconstruction and alignment using photometric stereo and surface fitting.