Outputs (212)

A corroborative approach to verification and validation of human–robot teams (2019)
Journal Article
Webster, M., Western, D., Araiza-Illan, D., Dixon, C., Eder, K., Fisher, M., & Pipe, A. G. (2020). A corroborative approach to verification and validation of human–robot teams. International Journal of Robotics Research, 39(1), 73-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364919883338

© The Author(s) 2019. We present an approach for the verification and validation (V&V) of robot assistants in the context of human–robot interactions, to demonstrate their trustworthiness through corroborative evidence of their safety and functional... Read More about A corroborative approach to verification and validation of human–robot teams.

Robotic grasp detection based on image processing and random forest (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Li, M., Feng, Y., & Yang, C. (2020). Robotic grasp detection based on image processing and random forest. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 79, 7427-7446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-019-08302-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Real-time grasp detection plays a key role in manipulation, and it is also a complex task, especially for detecting how to grasp novel objects. This paper proposes a very quick and accurate approach to detect robotic grasps. Th... Read More about Robotic grasp detection based on image processing and random forest.

Physical human-robot collaboration: Robotic systems, learning methods, collaborative strategies, sensors, and actuators (2019)
Journal Article
Ogenyi, U. E., Liu, J., Yang, C., Ju, Z., & Liu, H. (2021). Physical human-robot collaboration: Robotic systems, learning methods, collaborative strategies, sensors, and actuators. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 51(4), 1888 - 1901. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2019.2947532

This article presents a state-of-the-art survey on the robotic systems, sensors, actuators, and collaborative strategies for physical human-robot collaboration (pHRC). This article starts with an overview of some robotic systems with cutting-edge tec... Read More about Physical human-robot collaboration: Robotic systems, learning methods, collaborative strategies, sensors, and actuators.

On the impact of different types of errors on trust in human-robot interaction: Are laboratory-based HRI experiments trustworthy? (2019)
Journal Article
Flook, R., Shrinah, A., Wijnen, L., Eder, K., Melhuish, C., & Lemaignan, S. (2019). On the impact of different types of errors on trust in human-robot interaction: Are laboratory-based HRI experiments trustworthy?. Interaction Studies, 20(3), 455-486. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18067.flo

© John Benjamins Publishing Company Trust is a key dimension of human-robot interaction (HRI), and has often been studied in the HRI community. A common challenge arises from the difficulty of assessing trust levels in ecologically invalid environmen... Read More about On the impact of different types of errors on trust in human-robot interaction: Are laboratory-based HRI experiments trustworthy?.

Data set for influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions (2019)
Journal Article
Van Niekerk, A., Drew, B., Larsen, N., & Kay, P. (2020). Data set for influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions. Data in Brief, 28, Article 104836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104836

The present data article is based on the research work which investigates the influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions. In this experimental work, a 2.4 L, turbocharged, direct injection compression i... Read More about Data set for influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions.

Static and temporal differences in social signals between error-free and erroneous situations in human-robot collaboration (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cahya, D. E., Ramakrishnan, R., & Giuliani, M. (2019). Static and temporal differences in social signals between error-free and erroneous situations in human-robot collaboration. In M. A. Salichs, S. S. Ge, E. I. Barakova, J. Cabibihan, A. R. Wagner, Ά. Castro-González, & H. He (Eds.), Social Robotics. , (189-199). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35888-4_18

The capability of differentiating error situations from error-free situations in human-robot collaboration is a mandatory skill for collaborative robots. One of the variables that robots can analyse to differentiate both situations are the social sig... Read More about Static and temporal differences in social signals between error-free and erroneous situations in human-robot collaboration.

Using e-portfolios for professional development (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fowles-Sweet, W., & Haslam, O. (2019, November). Using e-portfolios for professional development. Presented at SEDA Autumn Conference 2019: New Frontiers in Educational and Curriculum Development, Leeds, UK

It is often claimed that engineering graduates entering the workforce lack required professionalism skills – as defined by the UK-SPEC for Engineers (Engineering Council, 2013). UWE considers Professional Development as very important. Work un... Read More about Using e-portfolios for professional development.

Live birth rates and perinatal outcomes when all embryos are frozen compared with conventional fresh and frozen embryo transfer: a cohort study of 337,148 in vitro fertilisation cycles (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Tilling, K., Lawlor, D. A., & Nelson, S. M. (2019). Live birth rates and perinatal outcomes when all embryos are frozen compared with conventional fresh and frozen embryo transfer: a cohort study of 337,148 in vitro fertilisation cycles. BMC Medicine, 17(1), Article 202. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1429-z

BACKGROUND: It is not known whether segmentation of an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycle, with freezing of all embryos prior to transfer, increases the chance of a live birth after all embryos are transferred. METHODS: In a prospective study of UK H... Read More about Live birth rates and perinatal outcomes when all embryos are frozen compared with conventional fresh and frozen embryo transfer: a cohort study of 337,148 in vitro fertilisation cycles.

Making a brick fly – a novel UAV airframe for survey applications (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wright, S. (2019, November). Making a brick fly – a novel UAV airframe for survey applications. Presented at Commercial UAV Show 2019, Excel, London

In this talk, Steve Wright presents the development and test of a novel UAV for the placement and subsequent retrieval of monitoring equipment in remote brownfield locations, for application in monitoring of threatened wildlife in insecure areas.

Multilateral teleoperation over communication time delay using the time-domain passivity approach (2019)
Journal Article
Ryu, J., Ha-Van, Q., & Jafari, A. (2020). Multilateral teleoperation over communication time delay using the time-domain passivity approach. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 28(6), 2705 - 2712. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2019.2948126

A general framework to stabilize multilateral teleoperation system over a communication time delay based on the well-known time-domain passivity approach (TDPA) is proposed. The uniqueness of this framework is that it is independent of the amount of... Read More about Multilateral teleoperation over communication time delay using the time-domain passivity approach.