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Roots and models (2023)
Journal Article
Studley, M., & deLahunta, S. (2023). Roots and models. AI and Society, 38, 1977–1979. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01701-5

One of us comes from dance, the other from robotics, and you would be forgiven for thinking immediately about the YouTube films created by Boston Dynamics. But what connects us is our concern that human-ness is losing ground to machine-ness. To partl... Read More about Roots and models.

Impedance learning for human-guided robots in contact with unknown environments (2023)
Journal Article
Xing, X., Burdet, E., Si, W., Yang, C., & Li, Y. (2023). Impedance learning for human-guided robots in contact with unknown environments. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 39(5), 3705 - 3721. https://doi.org/10.1109/tro.2023.3281483

Previous works have developed impedance control to increase safety and improve performance in contact tasks, where the robot is in physical interaction with either an environment or a human user. This article investigates impedance learning for a rob... Read More about Impedance learning for human-guided robots in contact with unknown environments.

Seismic vulnerability assessment of Portuguese masonry buildings (2023)
Journal Article
Lovon, H., Silva, V., Vicente, R., & Ferreira, T. M. (2023). Seismic vulnerability assessment of Portuguese masonry buildings. Structures, 55(September 2023), 853-865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.06.083

According to the 2011 National Housing Census, masonry buildings comprise more than 50% of the Portuguese building stock. This type of construction has demonstrated a poor performance during the destructive events that struck Portugal in the last cen... Read More about Seismic vulnerability assessment of Portuguese masonry buildings.

The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19 (2023)
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Williams, S., McEwen, L. J., Gorell Barnes, L., Deave, T., Webber, A., Jones, V., …Hobbs, L. (2023). The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19. Children & Society, 37(5), 1356-1375. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12767

This paper offers a new child-centred methodology that explores children's visions of their futures, encourages self-reflection and depth and shares children's voices with peers and researchers, as unbrokered as possible. This final stage of a longit... Read More about The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19.

Uncovering gas insulated substation transient behaviours using the equivalent cable model (2023)
Journal Article
Nouri, H., Muresan, A., Czumbi, L., & Micu, D. (2023). Uncovering gas insulated substation transient behaviours using the equivalent cable model. Journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, 2(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.37256/jeee.2120232788

An improved circuit theory is proposed for verification of data obtained with the ElectroMagnetic Field (EMF) theory approach for the study of Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) transient behaviours. The improved circuit theory utilises the concept of a... Read More about Uncovering gas insulated substation transient behaviours using the equivalent cable model.

A novel human-robot skill transfer method for contact-rich manipulation task (2023)
Journal Article
Dong, J., Si, W., & Yang, C. (2023). A novel human-robot skill transfer method for contact-rich manipulation task. Robotic Intelligence and Automation, 43(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/RIA-01-2023-0002

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to enhance the robot’s ability to complete multi-step contact tasks in unknown or dynamic environments, as well as the generalization ability of the same task in different environments. Design/methodology/approac... Read More about A novel human-robot skill transfer method for contact-rich manipulation task.

Graphene-based electrodes for monitoring of Estradiol (2023)
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Musa, A. M., Kiely, J., Luxton, R., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2023). Graphene-based electrodes for monitoring of Estradiol. Chemosensors, 11(6), 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11060337

This study explores the potential use of graphene-based electrodes in the electrochemical determination of estradiol using amperometric techniques as a simple, enzyme-free approach. Graphene, a carbon-based nanomaterial, has been extensively investig... Read More about Graphene-based electrodes for monitoring of Estradiol.

Propagation of electrical signals by fungi (2023)
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Mayne, R., Roberts, N., Phillips, N., Weerasekera, R., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Propagation of electrical signals by fungi. BioSystems, 229, Article 104933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104933

Living fungal mycelium networks are proven to have properties of memristors, capacitors and various sensors. To further progress our designs in fungal electronics we need to evaluate how electrical signals can be propagated through mycelium networks.... Read More about Propagation of electrical signals by fungi.

Investigation of energy absorption performances of a 3D printed fiber-reinforced bio-inspired cellular structure under in-plane compression loading (2023)
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Ghorbani, F., Gharehbaghi, H., Farrokhabadi, A., Bolouri, A., Behravesh, A. H., & Hedayati, S. K. (in press). Investigation of energy absorption performances of a 3D printed fiber-reinforced bio-inspired cellular structure under in-plane compression loading. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2023.2214552

This article proposes glass-fiber-reinforced bone-inspired cellular structures to enhance energy absorption capability. The elastic modulus of the bone-inspired unit cell is obtained analytically based on the energy method and then employed in Partic... Read More about Investigation of energy absorption performances of a 3D printed fiber-reinforced bio-inspired cellular structure under in-plane compression loading.

Dynamic motion primitives-based trajectory learning for physical human-robot interaction force control (2023)
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Xing, X., Maqsood, K., Zeng, C., Yang, C., Yuan, S., & Li, Y. (2024). Dynamic motion primitives-based trajectory learning for physical human-robot interaction force control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 20(2), 1675 - 1686. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2023.3280320

One promising function of interactive robots is to provide a specific interaction force to human users. For example, rehabilitation robots are expected to promote patients' recovery by interacting with them with a prescribed force. However, motion un... Read More about Dynamic motion primitives-based trajectory learning for physical human-robot interaction force control.