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Exploring river and natural flood management using Minecraft (2025)
Journal Article

Science Hunters is a programme of projects that uses Minecraft to engage children with environmental science, geography, engineering and other related areas. Two recent projects, Building to Break Barriers and Engineering for Sustainable Societies us... Read More about Exploring river and natural flood management using Minecraft.

Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age (2025)
Journal Article

With biodiversity loss escalating globally, a step change is needed in our capacity to accurately monitor species populations across ecosystems. Robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) offer technological solutions that may substantially advance terrest... Read More about Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age.

User-centered design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for people living with dementia (2025)
Journal Article

As the population of persons living with dementia (PwDs) continues to rise, technological advancements offer an unprecedented opportunity to enhance their independence and quality of life while lowering the burden on the caregivers. Notably, the Inte... Read More about User-centered design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for people living with dementia.

Human-centered robotics for healthcare: Perspectives of cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics (2025)
Book Chapter

The pervasive integration of human-centred robotic systems in healthcare encompasses applications like assistance, prosthetics, rehabilitation, and surgery. However, the introduction of smart mechatronic devices in biomedical contexts faces significa... Read More about Human-centered robotics for healthcare: Perspectives of cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics.

Detailed numerical simulation of planar liquid sheet atomization: Instability dynamics, ligament formation, and self-destabilization mechanisms (2025)
Journal Article

The primary atomization of planar liquid sheets near nozzle exits plays a critical role in the study of pressure-swirl atomizers, yet its intrinsic destabilization and breakup mechanisms remain insufficiently characterized due to the multi-scale natu... Read More about Detailed numerical simulation of planar liquid sheet atomization: Instability dynamics, ligament formation, and self-destabilization mechanisms.

A decision-making framework for early-stage design of positive energy blocks (2025)
Journal Article

Positive Energy Block (PEBlock) is an emerging energy paradigm described as a mesoscale model distinct from building and district scale models. The paper's novel methodology introduces a first-of-its-kind three-level early-stage design framework for... Read More about A decision-making framework for early-stage design of positive energy blocks.

Trust by design: An ethical framework for collaborative intelligence systems in industry 5.0 (2025)
Journal Article

Industry 5.0 highlights human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience. This article presents a novel Trust by Design framework applicable to collaborative intelligence systems within Industry 5.0, addressing the need for collaborative systems to b... Read More about Trust by design: An ethical framework for collaborative intelligence systems in industry 5.0.

Robust higher-order nonsingular terminal sliding mode control of unknown nonlinear dynamic systems (2025)
Journal Article

In contrast to the majority of model-based terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) approaches that rely on the plant physical model and/or data-driven adaptive pointwise model, this study treats the unknown dynamic plant as a total uncertainty in a blac... Read More about Robust higher-order nonsingular terminal sliding mode control of unknown nonlinear dynamic systems.

Applications of Immersive Technology in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: A Handbook (2025)
Book

This edited book addresses a gap in literature by advancing current understandings of the applications of immersive technology within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector.

Globally, the architecture, engineering and construc... Read More about Applications of Immersive Technology in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: A Handbook.

From simulation to real-world: Measuring social engagement for social robots (2025)
Thesis

Understanding social interactions is crucial for the development of artificial agents, particularly social robots. This thesis specifically focuses on the challenge of interpreting social signals during interactions, with a primary emphasis on social... Read More about From simulation to real-world: Measuring social engagement for social robots.

Experimental investigation of static strength in CFRP and aluminium lugs subjected to uniaxial tensile loading (2025)
Journal Article

This study presents a comprehensive experimental investigation into the performance of lug structures made from Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) with three distinct lay-up configurations: Hard (L-C-H), Quasi-Isotropic (L-C-QI), and Soft (L-C-S... Read More about Experimental investigation of static strength in CFRP and aluminium lugs subjected to uniaxial tensile loading.

Estimating household water storage from images: A machine learning approach (2025)
Journal Article

Whilst much research focusses on challenges related to achieving SDG 6.1 (universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water), there has been less attention to challenges of safe transport, storage and use of collected water. In par... Read More about Estimating household water storage from images: A machine learning approach.

Biomechanical energy harvesting for enhanced battery efficiency in robotic prosthetic limbs (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The increasing adoption of robotics in assistive technologies calls for innovative energy management solutions to improve device autonomy and functionality. This paper explores the integration of biomechanical energy harvesting mechanisms in robotic... Read More about Biomechanical energy harvesting for enhanced battery efficiency in robotic prosthetic limbs.

Automated cyclic testing of prosthetic knee joints using a 4-axis robotic arm: Enhancing biomechatronics and human-machine interaction (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The complex nature of knee joints makes designing and testing prosthetic replacements challenging. The ISO 10328:2016 standard requires rigorous static, constant, and cyclic force testing, which involves high forces and variable angles, adding to the... Read More about Automated cyclic testing of prosthetic knee joints using a 4-axis robotic arm: Enhancing biomechatronics and human-machine interaction.

Vibration energy transfer in nonlinear coupled near-identical systems (2025)
Journal Article

This study investigates the dynamic response and vibrational energy transfer characteristics of coupled near-identical systems, with a focus on coupled discrete oscillators and coupled cantilever beams. Using analytical approximations based on the av... Read More about Vibration energy transfer in nonlinear coupled near-identical systems.

The Oxford RobotCycle Project: A multimodal urban cycling dataset for assessing the safety of vulnerable road users (2025)
Journal Article

The Oxford RobotCycle Project is a novel initiative aiming to understand how road and traffic infrastructure influence road users’ behaviour, affecting cyclists’ journeys and safety. By leveraging state-of-the-art technology and methods used in Auton... Read More about The Oxford RobotCycle Project: A multimodal urban cycling dataset for assessing the safety of vulnerable road users.

Enhancing upper limb prosthetic embodiment through virtual reality with eye-tracking and vibrotactile feedback (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The advances in bionic prosthetics yearly show impressive achievements in the effort to improve the motor capabilities and the quality of life of people facing the difficulties due to a limb amputation or agenesis. However, aligning the actual and th... Read More about Enhancing upper limb prosthetic embodiment through virtual reality with eye-tracking and vibrotactile feedback.

Modelling and nonlinear analysis of frictional jointed beams with inerter-based dynamic vibration absorber (2025)
Journal Article

This study investigates the effectiveness of an inerter-based dynamic vibration absorber (IDVA) in suppressing vibrations in a nonlinearly jointed beam structure. The governing partial differential equations are derived and discretized using the fini... Read More about Modelling and nonlinear analysis of frictional jointed beams with inerter-based dynamic vibration absorber.

The Anthro-Thumb: a biomimetic hybrid soft robotic carpometacarpal saddle joint for the thumb (2025)
Journal Article

Robotic hand design is multifaceted, with the design of robotic thumbs often oversimplified to facilitate ease of manufacture, control, and reliability. Despite the extensive development of robotic hands, the need for a more dexterous and anthropom... Read More about The Anthro-Thumb: a biomimetic hybrid soft robotic carpometacarpal saddle joint for the thumb.

Prescribed performance resilient motion coordination with actor–critic reinforcement learning design for UAV-USV systems (2025)
Journal Article

In this paper, we develop a virtual vehicle scheme to solve the coordination control problem under denial-of-service (DoS) attacks for heterogeneous vehicles. This system includes an unmanned surface vessel (USV) in distress, sharing kinematic data,... Read More about Prescribed performance resilient motion coordination with actor–critic reinforcement learning design for UAV-USV systems.