Local and Remote Cooperation with Virtual and Robotic Agents: A P300 BCI Study in Healthy and People Living with Spinal Cord Injury (2016)
Journal Article
Hintermuller, C., Guger, C., Tidoni, E., Abu-Alqumsan, M., Leonardis, D., Kapeller, C., …Aglioti, S. M. (2017). Local and Remote Cooperation with Virtual and Robotic Agents: A P300 BCI Study in Healthy and People Living with Spinal Cord Injury. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(9), 1622-1632. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2016.2626391

© 2001-2011 IEEE. The development of technological applications that allow people to control and embody external devices within social interaction settings represents a major goal for current and future brain-computer interface (BCI) systems. Prior r... Read More about Local and Remote Cooperation with Virtual and Robotic Agents: A P300 BCI Study in Healthy and People Living with Spinal Cord Injury.

Autonomous energy harvesting and prevention of cell reversal in MFC stacks (2016)
Journal Article
Papaharalabos, G., Stinchcombe, A., Horsfield, I., Melhuish, C., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). Autonomous energy harvesting and prevention of cell reversal in MFC stacks. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(3), H3047-H3051. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0081703jes

© The Author(s) 2016. This study presents a novel method for avoiding cell reversal whilst optimising energy harvesting from stacked Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) by dynamically reconfiguring the electrical connections between them. The sequential chan... Read More about Autonomous energy harvesting and prevention of cell reversal in MFC stacks.

Advancing whisker based navigation through the implementation of bio-inspired whisking strategies (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Salman, M., & Pearson, M. (2016, December). Advancing whisker based navigation through the implementation of bio-inspired whisking strategies. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference On Robotics And Biomimetics (ROBIO 2016), Qingdao, China

An active whisking tactile sensor array has been successfully integrated with the RatSLAM algorithm and demonstrated as capable of reducing error in pose estimates of a mobile robot. A new metric for evaluating the performance of RatSLAM is introdu... Read More about Advancing whisker based navigation through the implementation of bio-inspired whisking strategies.

Robot humor: How self-irony and Schadenfreude influence people's rating of robot likability (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Mirnig, N., Stadler, S., Stollnberger, G., Giuliani, M., & Tscheligi, M. (2016). Robot humor: How self-irony and Schadenfreude influence people's rating of robot likability. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745106

© 2016 IEEE. Humor in robotics is a promising, though not yet significantly researched topic. We performed a user study exploring two different kinds of laughter. In our study, participants observed a robot-robot interaction where an iCat and a NAO r... Read More about Robot humor: How self-irony and Schadenfreude influence people's rating of robot likability.

Designing user interfaces for different user groups: A three-way teleconference system for doctors, patients and assistants using a Remote Medical robot (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Zarczuk, R., Kreczmer, B., Wysokinski, A., Stollnberger, G., Giuliani, M., Mirnig, N., …Andrzej, W. (2016). Designing user interfaces for different user groups: A three-way teleconference system for doctors, patients and assistants using a Remote Medical robot. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745181

© 2016 IEEE. We present the design for a three-way medical teleconference system for communication between a doctor, a patient, and an assistant. The system includes individual doctor-patient and doctor-assistant communication channels, as well as th... Read More about Designing user interfaces for different user groups: A three-way teleconference system for doctors, patients and assistants using a Remote Medical robot.

User requirements for a medical robotic system: Enabling doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Moser, C., Stollnberger, G., Christiane, M., Giuliani, M., Stadler, S., Tscheligi, M., …Stanczyk, B. (2016). User requirements for a medical robotic system: Enabling doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745254

© 2016 IEEE. We report the results of a user requirements analysis for a medical robotic system that enables doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination on patients. As there are three different user groups in this scenario -... Read More about User requirements for a medical robotic system: Enabling doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination.

Augmented reality for industrial robot programmers: Workload analysis for task-based, augmented reality-supported robot control (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Stadler, S., Kain, K., Giuliani, M., Mirnig, N., Stollnberger, G., & Tscheligi, M. (2016). Augmented reality for industrial robot programmers: Workload analysis for task-based, augmented reality-supported robot control. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745108

© 2016 IEEE. Augmented reality (AR) can serve as a tool to provide helpful information in a direct way to industrial robot programmers throughout the teaching process. It seems obvious that AR support eases the programming process and increases the p... Read More about Augmented reality for industrial robot programmers: Workload analysis for task-based, augmented reality-supported robot control.

Toward Energetically Autonomous Foraging Soft Robots (2016)
Journal Article
Philamore, H., Ieropoulos, I., Stinchcombe, A., & Rossiter, J. (2016). Toward Energetically Autonomous Foraging Soft Robots. Soft Robotics, 3(4), 186-197. https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2016.0020

© 2016, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. A significant goal of robotics is to develop autonomous machines, capable of independent and collective operation free from human assistance. To operate with complete autonomy robots must be capable of independent movem... Read More about Toward Energetically Autonomous Foraging Soft Robots.

Evaluation Studies of Robotic Rollators by the User Perspective: A Systematic Review (2016)
Journal Article
Werner, C., Ullrich, P., Geravand, M., Peer, A., & Hauer, K. (2016). Evaluation Studies of Robotic Rollators by the User Perspective: A Systematic Review. Gerontology, 62(6), 644-653. https://doi.org/10.1159/000444878

© 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel. Background: Robotic rollators enhance the basic functions of established devices by technically advanced physical, cognitive, or sensory support to increase autonomy in persons with severe impairment. In the evaluation of... Read More about Evaluation Studies of Robotic Rollators by the User Perspective: A Systematic Review.

Development of a dynamics model for the Baxter robot (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, A., Yang, C., Li, C., Ma, H., & Zhao, L. (2016). Development of a dynamics model for the Baxter robot. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2016.7558740

© 2016 IEEE. The dynamics model of a robot is important to find the relation between the joint actuator torques and the resulting motion. There are two common methods to do this: The Lagrange formulation, which gives a closed form of the dynamics equ... Read More about Development of a dynamics model for the Baxter robot.

A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells (2016)
Journal Article
Winfield, J., Gajda, I., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016). A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology, 215, 296-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.135

© 2016 The Authors. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer great promise as a technology that can produce electricity whilst at the same time treat wastewater. Although significant progress has been made in recent years, the requirement for cheaper materi... Read More about A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells.

Cerebellar-inspired algorithm for adaptive control of nonlinear dielectric elastomerbased artificial muscle (2016)
Journal Article
Pearson, M. J., Wilson, E. D., Assaf, T., Pearson, M., Rossiter, J. M., Anderson, S. R., …Dean, P. (2016). Cerebellar-inspired algorithm for adaptive control of nonlinear dielectric elastomerbased artificial muscle. Interface, 13(122), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2016.0547

© 2016 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Electroactive polymer actuators are important for soft robotics, but can be difficult to control because of compliance, creep and nonlinearities. Because biological control mec... Read More about Cerebellar-inspired algorithm for adaptive control of nonlinear dielectric elastomerbased artificial muscle.

Enhancing student learning of human-computer interaction using a contextual mobile application (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Alnuaim, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Perry, C. (2016). Enhancing student learning of human-computer interaction using a contextual mobile application. In 2016 SAI Computing Conference (SAI) (952-959). https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2016.7556095

© 2016 IEEE. This paper presents findings from the deployment of a mobile application designed to enable students to learn more effectively in field studies. The mobile application supports students in a design task as part of their learning of Human... Read More about Enhancing student learning of human-computer interaction using a contextual mobile application.

Control of mobile robot for remote medical examination: Design concepts and users' feedback from experimental studies (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Wysokinski, A., Szczesniak-Stanczyk, D., Cholewinski, M., Drwiega, M., Arent, K., Jakubiak, J., …Wysokiński, A. (2016). Control of mobile robot for remote medical examination: Design concepts and users' feedback from experimental studies. . https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2016.7529612

© 2016 IEEE. In this article we discuss movement control of a ReMeDi medical mobile robot from the user perspective. The control is essentially limited to the level of operator actions where the operator is a member of a nursing staff. Two working mo... Read More about Control of mobile robot for remote medical examination: Design concepts and users' feedback from experimental studies.

From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring (2016)
Thesis
Bonnin, V. From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/909425

In the domain of UAVs, endurance and range are key utility factors. However, small-sized UAVs are faced with serious limitations regarding energy storage options. A way to address this challenge is to seek for energy from the surrounding environment.... Read More about From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring.

An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling (2016)
Journal Article
Chance, G., Chance, G., Camilleri, A., Winstone, B., Caleb-Solly, P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016). An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2016-July, 774-780. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523721

© 2016 IEEE. Assistive robots are emerging to address a social need due to changing demographic trends such as an ageing population. The main emphasis is to offer independence to those in need and to fill a potential labour gap in response to the inc... Read More about An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling.

Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals (2016)
Journal Article
Gajda, I., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(3), 1813-1819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.161

© 2016 The Authors This paper describes the suitability of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) for generation of electrical power with a simultaneous synthesis of active catholyte in the form of caustic solution. The active solution formed inside a terraco... Read More about Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals.

Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation (2016)
Journal Article
Lemaignan, S., Warnier, M., Sisbot, E. A., Clodic, A., & Alami, R. (2017). Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation. Artificial Intelligence, 247, 45-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2016.07.002

© 2017 The Authors Human–Robot Interaction challenges Artificial Intelligence in many regards: dynamic, partially unknown environments that were not originally designed for robots; a broad variety of situations with rich semantics to understand and i... Read More about Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation.

The euRathlon 2015 grand challenge: The first outdoor multi-domain search and rescue robotics competition— A Marine perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Winfield, A., Ferri, G., Ferreira, F., Djapic, V., Petillot, Y., Franco, M. P., & Winfield, A. F. (2016). The euRathlon 2015 grand challenge: The first outdoor multi-domain search and rescue robotics competition— A Marine perspective. Marine Technology Society Journal, 50(4), 81-97. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.50.4.9

© 2016, Marine Technology Society Journal. All rights reserved. The euRathlon project was an FP7-funded Coordination and Support Action (2013–2015). Itsmain aim was to organize outdoor robotics competitions in realistic search and rescue response sce... Read More about The euRathlon 2015 grand challenge: The first outdoor multi-domain search and rescue robotics competition— A Marine perspective.

Autonomous model building using vision and manipulation (2016)
Thesis
Broun, A. Autonomous model building using vision and manipulation. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/910595

It is often the case that robotic systems require models, in order to successfully control themselves, and to interact with the world. Models take many forms and include kinematic models to plan motions, dynamics models to understand the interaction... Read More about Autonomous model building using vision and manipulation.