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Empowering road safety practitioners in fatigue management: Informed development of an online learning resource (2025)
Journal Article

Driver fatigue is a safety concern as sleepy drivers are more likely to crash than alert drivers. Evidence-based fatigue management programs implement mitigation strategies aimed at reducing the risk of driver fatigue. However, there is a high barrie... Read More about Empowering road safety practitioners in fatigue management: Informed development of an online learning resource.

Composite nonlinear feedback event‐triggered control of switched system with input saturation (2025)
Journal Article

AbstractThis paper focuses on the composite nonlinear feedback (CNF) event‐triggered control of saturated switched systems. The proposed CNF event‐triggered control method can not only improve transient performance of systems but also decrease networ... Read More about Composite nonlinear feedback event‐triggered control of switched system with input saturation.

Bio-inspired prosthetic knee joint with pressure sensor-controlled actuation for enhanced human-robot interaction (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The advancement of prosthetics has empowered above-knee amputees to engage in daily activities with minimal disruption. This paper presents the design of a bio-inspired knee joint for prosthetic applications, integrating force-sensitive resistors (FS... Read More about Bio-inspired prosthetic knee joint with pressure sensor-controlled actuation for enhanced human-robot interaction.

Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0 (2024)
Book

Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber-Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0 studies and analyzes the role of algorithms in identifying and controlling such a system towards Industry 4.0, which is the digital transformation of manufacturing... Read More about Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0.

Industry 4.0 more than a challenge in modeling, identification, and control for cyber-physical systems (2024)
Book Chapter

Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber-Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0 studies and analyzes the role of algorithms in identifying and controlling such a system towards Industry 4.0, which is the digital transformation of manufacturing... Read More about Industry 4.0 more than a challenge in modeling, identification, and control for cyber-physical systems.

Development of a new rubber buckling-restrained brace system for structures (2024)
Journal Article

Buckling-Restrained Braces (BRBs) are widely utilized in structures as an anti-seismic system to enhance performance against lateral excitations. While BRBs are designed to yield symmetrically under both tension and compression without significant bu... Read More about Development of a new rubber buckling-restrained brace system for structures.

Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports a new process which can be used to re-purpose a robot at the end of its primary life. Repurposing a robot enables it to continue delivering value beyond the point at which it might have been otherwise recycled or scrapped. The repu... Read More about Consulting an oracle; repurposing robots for the circular economy.

Development and functional evaluation of the PrHand V3 soft-robotics prosthetic hand (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The affordability and functionality of hand pros-thetics in developing countries are still very limited. This work aims to present and evaluate the new version of the PrHand affordable robotic prosthesis (PrHand V3), built with soft robotics and comp... Read More about Development and functional evaluation of the PrHand V3 soft-robotics prosthetic hand.

Evaluation and design recommendations for a folding morphing-wheg robot for nuclear characterisation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the design and development of a folding robot required to survey and characterize nuclear facilities only accessible via 150 mm diameter entry ducts. The enclosed legacy facilities at old nuclear sites like Sellafield in the UK ha... Read More about Evaluation and design recommendations for a folding morphing-wheg robot for nuclear characterisation.

Multimodal haptic interface for walker-assisted navigation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study investigates the efficacy of a haptic interface, aiming to offer the walking frame users accurate, intuitive, and easily understandable directional cues. The research introduces a novel haptic feedback interface incorporated into a walking... Read More about Multimodal haptic interface for walker-assisted navigation.

Effect of slenderness ratio on the behavior of RC bearing walls under fire exposure (2024)
Journal Article

Reinforced concrete (RC) bearing walls are commonly used in building structures to resist axial and lateral loads. Therefore, their ability to withstand loads when exposed to fire is important. The behavior of RC walls under fire exposure is affected... Read More about Effect of slenderness ratio on the behavior of RC bearing walls under fire exposure.

Linear modeling of the ankle joint during walking as mechanical impedance for exoskeletons control and gait analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Ankle exoskeletons controllers use mathematical models and sensors to calculate the kinematics and kinetics of the ankle, to ensure safe transitions. This paper presents the parameterization and validation of a linear model of the ankle joint for a h... Read More about Linear modeling of the ankle joint during walking as mechanical impedance for exoskeletons control and gait analysis.

On the prediction of corrosion fatigue in the presence of residual stresses (2024)
Journal Article

Residual stresses can play a vital role in slowing down or accelerating corrosion fatigue in offshore structures, depending on their types and magnitudes. Despite the importance of this issue, considering their effects on corrosion fatigue assessment... Read More about On the prediction of corrosion fatigue in the presence of residual stresses.

A delta operator state estimation algorithm for discrete-time systems with state time-delay (2024)
Journal Article

This letter presents a state estimation algorithm for linear discrete-time systems with state-delay. In order to overcome the difficulty that the traditional Kalman filter cannot estimate the states of the systems with state-delay, a state estimation... Read More about A delta operator state estimation algorithm for discrete-time systems with state time-delay.

Single-parameter concrete carbonation model for varying environmental exposure conditions (2024)
Journal Article

Carbonation-induced reinforced steel concrete corrosion is a prominent concern related to engineering design and maintenance. The Durability Index (DI) approach was developed in South Africa to address this concern and enhance the durability performa... Read More about Single-parameter concrete carbonation model for varying environmental exposure conditions.

Using polarization to estimate surface normals at air–water interfaces for correction of refraction in seafloor imaging (2024)
Journal Article

The retrieval of sea surface normal vectors using shape-from-polarization is investigated for the purpose of correcting for refraction at the water–air interface when imaging from above the water. In shallow clear water and overcast conditions, spect... Read More about Using polarization to estimate surface normals at air–water interfaces for correction of refraction in seafloor imaging.

Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller design for uncertain robotic manipulator with finite‐time convergence (2024)
Journal Article

ABSTRACTThis article investigates the issue of finite‐time tracking control for uncertain robotic manipulator systems with unknown actuator faults and shifting loads based upon a fuzzy sliding mode control strategy. A novel fuzzy adaptive sliding mod... Read More about Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller design for uncertain robotic manipulator with finite‐time convergence.

Evaluating microplastic and macroplastic presence in the ephemeral fluvial systems (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To our knowledge this is the first study that looks at macro- and microplastics in ephemeral fluvial systems in deserts worldwide. By necessity, where formal waste disposal systems cannot be implemented, informal waste disposal takes place. Here, we... Read More about Evaluating microplastic and macroplastic presence in the ephemeral fluvial systems.

Neuroergonomics for human-centered technological contexts (2024)
Book Chapter

Enabling technologies constitute key milestones for humankind, expanding the capabilities of individuals and societies. Such a disruptive impact can also shape the perspective of any users beyond their own mind, body, and environment. For instance, t... Read More about Neuroergonomics for human-centered technological contexts.

Dropped leading-edge aerofoil for improved aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Extended Abstract Ensuring the optimal performance of aerofoils is a critical engineering design challenge in aviation. The difficulty of enhancing aerodynamic efficiency whilst simultaneously reducing aeroacoustic emissions is well documented. Altho... Read More about Dropped leading-edge aerofoil for improved aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance.