Outputs (110)

Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Low energy building retrofit presents important opportunities for reducing of greenhouse gas emissions in the environment. It has been considered as one of the key approaches to achieving sustainable development in construction industry. Nevertheless... Read More about Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction.

SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Given the intricacy and variability of anatomical structures in medical images, some methods employ shape priors to constrain segmentation. However, limited by the representational capability of these priors, existing approaches often struggle to cap... Read More about SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation.

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.

Automation across interconnected smart homes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents an affordable, open-source approach to enable interconnected smart homes, with emphasis on facilitating new modes of ambient interaction to address loneliness. Our system is designed to minimize dependence on the user's technical... Read More about Automation across interconnected smart homes.

POF sensor for angle measurement in a textile-based soft hand exoskeleton (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Soft robotics hand exoskeletons have proven to be effective in recovering hand function due to features such as lightweight, portability, and comfort. These devices incorporate user interfaces to identify the intention of the user's movement to contr... Read More about POF sensor for angle measurement in a textile-based soft hand exoskeleton.

Policy evidence for community climate action (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) region has pledged to reach Net Zero emissions by 2030 - 20 years earlier than UK Government ambitions. The area has a population of over 1.1 million people across the cities of Bristol and Bath, alongsi... Read More about Policy evidence for community climate action.

Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analysis of looped propeller blades (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper investigates the potential of looped propeller blades to reduce aerodynamic noise through the diminution of blade tip-vortex interactions. Flow simulations were performed in ANSYS Fluent using high-fidelity LES combined with the Ffowcs Wil... Read More about Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analysis of looped propeller blades.

Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand" (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inspired by nature's evolutionary marvels, this study explores the development of a novel bio-mimetic prosthetic hand, emphasizing a soft robotic approach. Through a meticulous review of various prosthetic designs, focusing on actuation and construct... Read More about Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand".

Transcranial direct current stimulation associated with visual and auditory cueing during gait training: A case study with a Parkinson's Disease patient (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to motor dysfunctions and restricts walking independence. Approaches such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and cueing gait are potential rehabilitation strategies th... Read More about Transcranial direct current stimulation associated with visual and auditory cueing during gait training: A case study with a Parkinson's Disease patient.

Cable-driven exosuit to assist affected upper-limb users with hemiparesis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Neurological impairments such as stroke cause muscular weakness in several joints in the human body. As a result, the development of activities of daily living (ADL) is affected. Particularly, upper limb movements executed with external loads are res... Read More about Cable-driven exosuit to assist affected upper-limb users with hemiparesis.