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Optimization of bio-inspired multi-segment IPMC cilia (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In nature, unidirectional fluid flows are often induced at micro-scales by cilia and related organelles. A controllable unidirectional flow is beneficial at these scales for a range of novel robotic and medical applications, whether the flow is used... Read More about Optimization of bio-inspired multi-segment IPMC cilia.

A hybrid microbial dielectric elastomer generator for autonomous robots (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We are developing a hybrid Dielectric Elastomer Generator (DEG)-Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) energy harvester. The system is for EcoBot, an Autonomous Robot (AR) that currently uses its MFCs to extract electrical energy from biomass, in the form of flie... Read More about A hybrid microbial dielectric elastomer generator for autonomous robots.

Mathematical programming modelling tools for resource-poor countries and organisations (2010)
Journal Article

In recent years, powerful mathematical modelling languages have enabled Operational Research practitioners to rapidly develop prototype tools capable of modelling complex managerial decisions such as staff shift scheduling, or production and supply c... Read More about Mathematical programming modelling tools for resource-poor countries and organisations.

Improved energy output levels from small-scale Microbial Fuel Cells (2010)
Journal Article

This study reports on the findings from the investigation into small-scale (6.25mL) MFCs, connected together as a network of multiple units. The MFCs contained unmodified (no catalyst) carbon fibre electrodes and for initial and later experiments, a... Read More about Improved energy output levels from small-scale Microbial Fuel Cells.

Design principles for safety in human-robot interaction (2010)
Journal Article

The interaction of humans and robots has the potential to set new grounds in industrial applications as well as in service robotics because it combines the strengths of humans, such as flexibility and adaptability, and the strengths of robots, such a... Read More about Design principles for safety in human-robot interaction.

Robust speaker recognition using denoised vocal source and vocal tract features (2010)
Journal Article

To alleviate the problem of severe degradation of speaker recognition performance under noisy environments because of inadequate and inaccurate speaker-discriminative information, a method of robust feature estimation that can capture both vocal sour... Read More about Robust speaker recognition using denoised vocal source and vocal tract features.

Record dynamics in ants (2010)
Journal Article

The success of social animals (including ourselves) can be attributed to efficiencies that arise from a division of labour. Many animal societies have a communal nest which certain individuals must leave to perform external tasks, for example foragin... Read More about Record dynamics in ants.

Constraint-based simulation of carton folding operations (2010)
Journal Article

Cartons are a common means for packaging a variety of items. These are usually "erected" by dedicated machines which fold the carton into shape from a flat net. When there is a need to use new forms of cartons, dedicated machinery may not be appropri... Read More about Constraint-based simulation of carton folding operations.

A generalized procedure in designing recurrent neural network identification and control of time-varying-delayed nonlinear dynamic systems (2010)
Journal Article

In this study, a generalized procedure in identification and control of a class of time-varying-delayed nonlinear dynamic systems is developed. Under the framework, recurrent neural network is developed to accommodate the on-line identification, whic... Read More about A generalized procedure in designing recurrent neural network identification and control of time-varying-delayed nonlinear dynamic systems.

European women in mathematics: Proceedings of the 13th general meeting (2010)
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