All Outputs (39)

A decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: Model transferability (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobhani, M., Smith, J., Pipe, A., & Peer, A. (2023). A decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: Model transferability. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1 (719-726). https://doi.org/10.5220/0012210600003543

In this paper, we aim to demonstrate the potential for wider-ranging capabilities and ease of transferability of our recently developed decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration. To this end, a somewhat related but different applicat... Read More about A decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: Model transferability.

Usability study of a novel triple-arm mixed-reality robot teleoperation system (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sobhani, M., Smith, A., Giuliani, M., & Pipe, T. (2022, November). Usability study of a novel triple-arm mixed-reality robot teleoperation system. Presented at IEEE 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Sevilla, Spain

The usability of a novel triple-arm mixed-reality robot teleoperation system is investigated. The system is developed to provide a sense of remote presence for the operator. Different types of interfaces and camera setups have been proposed previousl... Read More about Usability study of a novel triple-arm mixed-reality robot teleoperation system.

ShearTouch - Towards a wearable tactile feedback device to provide continuous shear force sensation in real time (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wells, O., Pipe, T., Dogramadzi, S., & Studley, M. (2020). ShearTouch - Towards a wearable tactile feedback device to provide continuous shear force sensation in real time. In Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (287-298). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63486-5_30

Force feedback in current teleoperation systems typically only provides haptic/kinaesthetic feedback to operators in the form of normal forces. However, it is proposed in this paper that the introduction of shear (or lateral) force feedback to operat... Read More about ShearTouch - Towards a wearable tactile feedback device to provide continuous shear force sensation in real time.

Usability study of a robot companion for monitoring industrial processes (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sita, E., Thomessen, T., Pipe, A. G., Studley, M., & Dailami, F. (2020). Usability study of a robot companion for monitoring industrial processes. In 2020 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Robot Systems (ACIRS) (37-42). https://doi.org/10.1109/acirs49895.2020.9162607

In this paper we present the findings of a usability study for a monitoring robotic unit tele-operated via a virtual fixtures (VF) based control framework. The study aims at investigating the impact of VF on the robot navigation as well as the impact... Read More about Usability study of a robot companion for monitoring industrial processes.

Examining profiles for robotic risk assessment: Does a robot's approach to risk affect user trust? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bridgwater, T., Giuliani, M., van Maris, A., Baker, G., Winfield, A., & Pipe, T. (2020). Examining profiles for robotic risk assessment: Does a robot's approach to risk affect user trust?. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. , (23-31). https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374804

© 2020 Association for Computing Machinery. As autonomous robots move towards ubiquity, the need for robots to make decisions under risk that are trustworthy becomes increasingly significant; both to aid acceptance and to fully utilise their autonomo... Read More about Examining profiles for robotic risk assessment: Does a robot's approach to risk affect user trust?.

Feed-forward selection of cerebellar models for calibration of robot sound source localization (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baxendale, M. D., Nibouche, M., Secco, E. L., Pipe, A. G., & Pearson, M. J. (2019). Feed-forward selection of cerebellar models for calibration of robot sound source localization. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_1

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. We present a responsibility predictor, based on the adaptive filter model of the cerebellum, to provide feed-forward selection of cerebellar calibration models for robot Sound Source Localization (SSL), based o... Read More about Feed-forward selection of cerebellar models for calibration of robot sound source localization.

Robot companion for industrial process monitoring based on virtual fixtures (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sita, E., Thomessen, T., Pipe, A. G., Dailami, F., & Studley, M. (2018). Robot companion for industrial process monitoring based on virtual fixtures. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591105

© 2018 IEEE. In this paper, the use of a monitoring companion is proposed to more efficiently collect the process information during the tuning of industrial systems, and therefore to assist the system integrator in the optimization process for compl... Read More about Robot companion for industrial process monitoring based on virtual fixtures.

ROS-Unity3D based system for monitoring of an industrial robotic process (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sita, E., Horváth, C. M., Thomessen, T., Korondi, P., & Pipe, A. G. (2018). ROS-Unity3D based system for monitoring of an industrial robotic process. . https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2017.8279361

© 2017 IEEE. Planning and monitoring the manufacturing of high quality one-of-a-kind products are challenging tasks. In the implementation of an industrial system, the commissioning phase is typically comprised of a programming phase and an optimizat... Read More about ROS-Unity3D based system for monitoring of an industrial robotic process.

Feature and performance comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS robot simulators (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitonakova, L., Giuliani, M., Pipe, A., & Winfield, A. (2018). Feature and performance comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS robot simulators. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10965 LNAI, 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_30

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. In this paper, the characteristics and performance of three open-source simulators for robotics, V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS, are thoroughly analysed and compared. While they all allow... Read More about Feature and performance comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS robot simulators.

Towards multimodal interactions: Robot jogging in mixed reality (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sita, E., Studley, M., Dailami, F., Pipe, A. G., & Thomessen, T. (2017). Towards multimodal interactions: Robot jogging in mixed reality. In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology - VRST '17 (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1145/3139131.3141200

© 2017 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). The recent progress made in the field of Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality (AR/MR) has opened new possibilities and approaches to research areas that can benefit from 3D visualization of digital content in... Read More about Towards multimodal interactions: Robot jogging in mixed reality.

Single motor actuated peristaltic wave generator for a soft bodied worm robot (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Winstone, B., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., Callaway, M., Etoundi, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016, June). Single motor actuated peristaltic wave generator for a soft bodied worm robot. Paper presented at BioRob 2016 - IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Singapore

This paper presents the design and development of a single motor actuated peristaltic worm robot with three segments using a bio-inspired method of locomotion with one actuator that achieves optimised worm like peristaltic motion. Each segment consis... Read More about Single motor actuated peristaltic wave generator for a soft bodied worm robot.

Systematic and realistic testing in simulation of control code for robots in collaborative human-robot interactions (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Araiza-Illan, D., Western, D., Pipe, A. G., & Eder, K. (2016). Systematic and realistic testing in simulation of control code for robots in collaborative human-robot interactions. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9716, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40379-3_3

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Industries such as flexible manufacturing and home care will be transformed by the presence of robotic assistants. Assurance of safety and functional soundness for these robotic systems will requi... Read More about Systematic and realistic testing in simulation of control code for robots in collaborative human-robot interactions.

Towards model-based robot behaviour adaptation: Successful human-robot collaboration in tense and stressful situations (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., Sobhani, M. M., Sobhani, M., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Fennell, J. G. (2015). Towards model-based robot behaviour adaptation: Successful human-robot collaboration in tense and stressful situations. In 2015 23rd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering. , (922-927). https://doi.org/10.1109/IranianCEE.2015.7146343

© 2015 IEEE. In a demanding environment such as search and rescue, where human-robot collaboration provides potential benefits, understanding complex human behaviour will promote greater success. We propose that robots need to be equipped with embodi... Read More about Towards model-based robot behaviour adaptation: Successful human-robot collaboration in tense and stressful situations.

Measuring the local viscosity and velocity of fluids using a biomimetic tactile whisker (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pipe, T., Rooney, T., Pearson, M. J., & Pipe, A. G. (2015). Measuring the local viscosity and velocity of fluids using a biomimetic tactile whisker. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9222, 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_7

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. A novel technique for determining the relative visco-density of fluids using an actuated flexible beam inspired by the tactile whiskers of marine mammals is presented. This was developed for the i... Read More about Measuring the local viscosity and velocity of fluids using a biomimetic tactile whisker.

Coverage-driven verification — An approach to verify code for robots that directly interact with humans (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pipe, A., Araiza-Illan, D., Western, D., Pipe, A. G., & Eder, K. (2015). Coverage-driven verification — An approach to verify code for robots that directly interact with humans. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9434, 69-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26287-1_5

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Collaborative robots could transform several industries, such as manufacturing and healthcare, but they present a significant challenge to verification. The complex nature of their working environ... Read More about Coverage-driven verification — An approach to verify code for robots that directly interact with humans.

Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pipe, T., Winstone, B., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., Dogramadzi, S., & Callaway, M. (2015). Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9222, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_12

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Here we present a tactile sensing capsule endoscopy system. Whilst current capsule endoscopy utilises cameras to diagnose lesions on the surface of the gastrointestinal tract lumen, this proposal... Read More about Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule.

Remotely deployable aerial inspection using tactile sensors (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, C. N., Cao, J., Pierce, S. G., Sullivan, J. C., Pipe, A. G., Dobie, G., & Summan, R. (2014). Remotely deployable aerial inspection using tactile sensors. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1581, 1873-1880. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4865052

For structural monitoring applications, the use of remotely deployable Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) inspection platforms offer many advantages, including improved accessibility, greater safety and reduced cost, when compared to traditional manual... Read More about Remotely deployable aerial inspection using tactile sensors.

A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pipe, T., Winstone, B., Melhuish, C., Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., & Callaway, M. (2014). A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8608 LNAI, 442-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_56

Examination of the gastrointestinal(GI) tract has traditionally been performed using endoscopy tools that allow a surgeon to see the inside of the lining of the digestive tract. Endoscopes are rigid or flexible tubes that use fibre-optics or cameras... Read More about A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy.

Text line aggregation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beck, C., Broun, A., Mirmehdi, M., Pipe, T., & Melhuish, C. (2014). Text line aggregation. In M. De Marsico, A. Tabbone, & A. Fred (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (393-401). https://doi.org/10.5220/0004817903930401

We present a new approach to text line aggregation that can work as both a line formation stage for a myriad of text segmentation methods (over all orientations) and as an extra level of filtering to remove false text candidates. The proposed method... Read More about Text line aggregation.

Bootstrapping a robot's kinematic model (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Broun, A., Beck, C., Pipe, T., Mirmehdi, M., & Melhuish, C. (2014). Bootstrapping a robot's kinematic model. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(3), 330-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.09.011

We present a system that is able to autonomously build a 3D model of a robot's hand, along with a kinematic model of the robot's arm, beginning with very little information. The system starts by using exploratory motions to locate and centre the robo... Read More about Bootstrapping a robot's kinematic model.