Outputs (176)

Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030 (2022)
Journal Article
Fogg-Rogers, L., Bakthavatchaalam, V., Richardson, D., & Fowles-Sweet, W. (2022). Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Cahiers COSTECH, 5, Article 133

The environmental and health impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are now apparent and yet cohesive policymaking to mitigate emissions is moving too slowly. The UK’s target for carbon neutrality has been set for 2050, but this has been sup... Read More about Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Modeling peptide nucleic acid binding enthalpies using MM-GBSA (2022)
Journal Article
Goodman, J., Attwood, D., Kiely, J., Coladas Mato, P., & Luxton, R. (2022). Modeling peptide nucleic acid binding enthalpies using MM-GBSA. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126(46), 9528-9538. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05547

The binding enthalpies of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) homoduplexes were predicted using a molecular mechanics generalized Born surface area approach. Using the nucleic acid nearest-neighbor model, these were decomposed into sequence parameters which c... Read More about Modeling peptide nucleic acid binding enthalpies using MM-GBSA.

Haptic teleoperation goes wireless: Evaluation and benchmarking of a high-performance low-power wireless control technology (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Bolarinwa, J., Smith, A., Aijaz, A., Stanoev, A., Sooriyabandara, M., & Giuliani, M. (2022). Haptic teleoperation goes wireless: Evaluation and benchmarking of a high-performance low-power wireless control technology. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR) (300-307). https://doi.org/10.1109/ssrr56537.2022.10018764

Communication delays and packet losses are commonly investigated issues in the area of robotic teleoperation. This paper investigates application of a novel low-power wireless control technology (GALLOP) in a haptic teleoperation scenario developed t... Read More about Haptic teleoperation goes wireless: Evaluation and benchmarking of a high-performance low-power wireless control technology.

The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Otalora, S., Ballen-Moreno, F., Arciniegas-Mayag, L., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment. In 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925487

People who suffer from stroke have a higher difficulty performing gait activity, affecting their quality of life. New technologies have been developed to assist and rehabilitate the affected limbs. This paper presents the AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-li... Read More about The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment.

The PrHand: Functional assessment of an underactuated soft-robotic prosthetic hand (2022)
Conference Proceeding
De Arco, L., Ramos, O., Múnera, M., Moazen, M., Wurdemann, H., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). The PrHand: Functional assessment of an underactuated soft-robotic prosthetic hand. In 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925316

Functional tests aim to compare the functionality of a prosthesis with a human hand. The main objective of this work is to present and evaluate an affordable prosthesis (PrHand) built with soft robotic technologies and novel joints based on compliant... Read More about The PrHand: Functional assessment of an underactuated soft-robotic prosthetic hand.

An explorative study on the antimicrobial effects and mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA and TPU surfaces loaded with Ag and Cu against nosocomial and foodborne pathogens (2022)
Journal Article
Εkonomou, S. Ι., Soe, S., & Stratakos, A. C. (2023). An explorative study on the antimicrobial effects and mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA and TPU surfaces loaded with Ag and Cu against nosocomial and foodborne pathogens. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 137, 105536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105536

Antimicrobial 3D printed surfaces made of PLA and TPU polymers loaded with copper (Cu), and silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) were developed via fused deposition modeling (FDM). The potential antimicrobial effect of the 3D printed surfaces against Esch... Read More about An explorative study on the antimicrobial effects and mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA and TPU surfaces loaded with Ag and Cu against nosocomial and foodborne pathogens.

Ontology-based situation awareness for air and space traffic management (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Insaurralde, C. C., Blasch, E., & Sabatini, R. (2022). Ontology-based situation awareness for air and space traffic management. In 2022 IEEE/AIAA 41st Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC). https://doi.org/10.1109/DASC55683.2022.9925810

The rapid technological and business advances of point-to-point space transport prompt the need for an integrated Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Space Traffic Management (STM) framework. The introduction of a more flexible airspace and vehicle/traj... Read More about Ontology-based situation awareness for air and space traffic management.

“It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children (2022)
Journal Article
Lemaignan, S., Newbutt, N., Rice, L., & Daly, J. (in press). “It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children. International Journal of Social Robotics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-022-00928-4

For a period of 3 weeks in June 2021, we embedded a social robot (Softbank Pepper) in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for autistic children. The robot’s behaviours and integration into the school were co-designed with the children and teache... Read More about “It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children.

A novel robot skill learning framework based on bilateral teleoperation (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Si, W., Yue, T., Guan, Y., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2022). A novel robot skill learning framework based on bilateral teleoperation. In 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE). https://doi.org/10.1109/case49997.2022.9926526

In this paper, a bilateral teleoperation-based robot skill learning framework is developed to transfer multi-step and contact manipulation skills from humans to robots. Robot skill acquisition via bilateral teleoperation provides a solution for human... Read More about A novel robot skill learning framework based on bilateral teleoperation.

Impact of resolution, colour, and motion on object identification in digital twins from robot sensor data (2022)
Journal Article
Bremner, P., & Giuliani, M. (2022). Impact of resolution, colour, and motion on object identification in digital twins from robot sensor data. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, Article 995342. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.995342

This paper makes a contribution to research on digital twins that are generated from robot sensor data. We present the results of an online user study in which 240 participants were tasked to identify real-world objects from robot point cloud data. I... Read More about Impact of resolution, colour, and motion on object identification in digital twins from robot sensor data.