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Grasp stiffness control in robotic hands through coordinated optimization of pose and joint stiffness (2018)
Journal Article
Ruiz Garate, V., Pozzi, M., Prattichizzo, D., Tsagarakis, N., & Ajoudani, A. (2018). Grasp stiffness control in robotic hands through coordinated optimization of pose and joint stiffness. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4), 3952-3959. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2018.2858271

This letter presents a novel controller for robotic hands, which regulates the grasp stiffness by manipulating the pose and the finger joint stiffness of hands with multiple degrees of freedom while guaranteeing grasp stability. The proposed approach... Read More about Grasp stiffness control in robotic hands through coordinated optimization of pose and joint stiffness.

The influence of valve-pump weight ratios on the dynamic response of leaking valve-pump parallel control hydraulic systems (2018)
Journal Article
Ding, H., Zhao, J., Cheng, G., Wright, S., & Yao, Y. (2018). The influence of valve-pump weight ratios on the dynamic response of leaking valve-pump parallel control hydraulic systems. Applied Sciences, 8(7), Article 1201. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8071201

© 2018 by the authors. A new leaking valve-pump parallel control (LVPC) oil hydraulic system is proposed to improve the performance of dynamic response of present variable speed pump control (VSPC) system, which is an oil hydraulic control system wit... Read More about The influence of valve-pump weight ratios on the dynamic response of leaking valve-pump parallel control hydraulic systems.

Biomimetic knee design to improve joint torque and life for bipedal robotics (2018)
Journal Article
Steele, A., Hunt, A., & Etoundi, A. C. (2018). Biomimetic knee design to improve joint torque and life for bipedal robotics. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10965 LNAI, 91-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_8

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. This paper details the design, construction, and performance analysis of a biologically inspired knee joint for use in bipedal robotics. The design copies the condylar surfaces of... Read More about Biomimetic knee design to improve joint torque and life for bipedal robotics.

Region-Specific Microstructure in the Neonatal Ventricles of a Porcine Model (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Ahmad, F., Ahmad, F., Soe, S., White, N., Johnston, R., …Theobald, P. (2018). Region-Specific Microstructure in the Neonatal Ventricles of a Porcine Model. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 46(12), 2162-2176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-2089-4

© 2018, Biomedical Engineering Society. The neonate transitions from placenta-derived oxygen, to supply from the pulmonary system, moments after birth. This requires a series of structural developments to divert more blood through the right heart and... Read More about Region-Specific Microstructure in the Neonatal Ventricles of a Porcine Model.

Teaching machines to ask questions (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, K., Zhang, L., Luo, T., Tao, L., & Wu, Y. (2018, July). Teaching machines to ask questions. Paper presented at International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, Stockholm, Sweden

We propose a novel neural network model that aims to generate diverse and human-like natural language questions. Our model not only directly captures the variability in possible questions by using a latent variable, but also generates certain types o... Read More about Teaching machines to ask questions.

Combining opinion pooling and evidential updating for multi-agent consensus (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Lee, C., Lawry, J., & Winfield, A. (2018, July). Combining opinion pooling and evidential updating for multi-agent consensus. Paper presented at Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-18), Stockholm, Sweden

The evidence available to a multi-agent system can take at least two distinct forms. There can be direct evidence from the environment resulting, for example, from sensor measurements or from running tests or experiments. In addition, agents also gai... Read More about Combining opinion pooling and evidential updating for multi-agent consensus.

Recurrence rates in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Walker, S., Bibby, A., Halford, P., Stadon, L., White, P., & Maskell, N. (2018). Recurrence rates in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Respiratory Journal, 52(3), 1800864. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00864-2018

Copyright ©ERS 2018 Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) recurrence rates vary widely in the published literature, with limited data describing the factors that influence recurrence. The aims of this systematic review were to determine an estimati... Read More about Recurrence rates in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

'Elbows Out' - Predictive tracking of partially occluded pose for Robot-Assisted dressing (2018)
Journal Article
Chance, G., Jevtic, A., Caleb-Solly, P., Alenya, G., Torras, C., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018). 'Elbows Out' - Predictive tracking of partially occluded pose for Robot-Assisted dressing. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4), 3598-3605. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2018.2854926

© 2016 IEEE. Robots that can assist in the activities of daily living, such as dressing, may support older adults, addressing the needs of an aging population in the face of a growing shortage of care professionals. Using depth cameras during robot-a... Read More about 'Elbows Out' - Predictive tracking of partially occluded pose for Robot-Assisted dressing.

Effects of high frequency modeling & grounding system parameters on transient recovery voltage across vacuum circuit breakers for capacitor switching in wind power plants (2018)
Journal Article
Nouri, H. (2019). Effects of high frequency modeling & grounding system parameters on transient recovery voltage across vacuum circuit breakers for capacitor switching in wind power plants. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 104, 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2018.06.046

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This paper investigates the transient recovery voltages across vacuum circuit breakers used for the switching shunt capacitor bank in wind power plants, which are connected to the power system. Consideration has been given to high... Read More about Effects of high frequency modeling & grounding system parameters on transient recovery voltage across vacuum circuit breakers for capacitor switching in wind power plants.

Further development of a variable camber morphing mechanism using the direct control airfoil geometry concept (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Loudon, K., Bouferrouk, A., Coleman, B., Hughes, F., Lewis, B., Parsons, B., …Yao, Y. (2018, July). Further development of a variable camber morphing mechanism using the direct control airfoil geometry concept. Paper presented at International Symposium of Sustainable Aviation, Rome, Italy

This paper reports on the design, manufacture and testing of an improved variable camber morphing wing mechanism following the study by Evans et al. (2016), who employed the so-called Direct Control Airfoil Geometry (DCAG) concept to actuate the trai... Read More about Further development of a variable camber morphing mechanism using the direct control airfoil geometry concept.

Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Salman, M., & Pearson, M. J. (2018). Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95972-6_44

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. The problem of tactile object identification has a strong connection with the problem of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in a physical 6-dimensional environment. Here... Read More about Whisker-ratSLAM applied to 6D object identification and spatial localisation.

Multivariate analysis of variance for maximising the diagnosing accuracy in differentiating DU from BOO in males (2018)
Journal Article
Li, R., Gammie, A., Zhu, Q., & Nibouche, M. (2018). Multivariate analysis of variance for maximising the diagnosing accuracy in differentiating DU from BOO in males. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37(S5), S327-S328. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23760

Detrusor underactivity (DU) and bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) bother almost half of elder men. Although the treatment is different for these two lower urinary tract symptoms, invasive pressure flow studies remains the only gold standard for diagno... Read More about Multivariate analysis of variance for maximising the diagnosing accuracy in differentiating DU from BOO in males.

Median frequency and sum of amplitude changes in rising slope: Two potential non-invasive indicators for differentiating DU from BOO in males (2018)
Journal Article
Li, R., Gammie, A., Zhu, Q., & Nibouche, M. (2018). Median frequency and sum of amplitude changes in rising slope: Two potential non-invasive indicators for differentiating DU from BOO in males. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37(S5), S248-S249. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23760

It remains a challenge to non-invasively differentiate detrusor underactivity (DU) from bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in males, and the gold standard is pressure flow studies, which is invasive, relatively expensive and may cause bleeding and infe... Read More about Median frequency and sum of amplitude changes in rising slope: Two potential non-invasive indicators for differentiating DU from BOO in males.

Preschool children’s communication, motor and social development: Parents’ and educators’ concerns (2018)
Journal Article
McLeod, S., Crowe, K., McCormack, J., White, P., Wren, Y., Baker, E., …Roulstone, S. (2018). Preschool children’s communication, motor and social development: Parents’ and educators’ concerns. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(4), 468-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2017.1309065

© 2017, © 2017 The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited. Purpose: During early childhood, it is important to identify which children require intervention before they face the increased demands of school. This study aimed to: (1) compare... Read More about Preschool children’s communication, motor and social development: Parents’ and educators’ concerns.

Modeling and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Jafari, R., Razvarz, S., Gegov, A., & Paul, S. (2018). Modeling and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/IS.2018.8710463

© 2018 IEEE. A survey of the methodologies associated with the modeling and control of uncertain nonlinear systems has been given due importance in this paper. The basic criteria that highlights the work is relied on the various patterns of technique... Read More about Modeling and Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems.

Plant-animal worms round themselves up in circular mills on the beach (2018)
Journal Article
Sendova-Franks, A., Franks, N., & Worley, A. (2018). Plant-animal worms round themselves up in circular mills on the beach. Royal Society Open Science, 5(7), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180665

© 2018 The Authors. Collective motion is a fascinating and intensely studied manifestation of collective behaviour. Circular milling is an impressive example. It occurs in fishes, processionary caterpillars and army ants, among others. Its adaptive s... Read More about Plant-animal worms round themselves up in circular mills on the beach.

Urine flow rate shape template and intermittent flow in males (2018)
Journal Article
Li, R., Gammie, A., Zhu, Q., & Nibouche, M. (2018). Urine flow rate shape template and intermittent flow in males. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37(S5), 1-430. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23760

Uroflowmetry serves as a preliminary urodynamic test for physicians to indicate the possible cause of lower urinary tract symptoms. Alongside the most researched parameter maximum flow rate (Qmax), the shape of urine flow rate curve is also reported... Read More about Urine flow rate shape template and intermittent flow in males.

Tests for equality of variances between two samples which contain both paired observations and independent observations (2018)
Journal Article
Derrick, B., Ruck, A., Toher, D., & White, P. (2018). Tests for equality of variances between two samples which contain both paired observations and independent observations. Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 13(2),

Tests for equality of variances between two samples which contain both paired observations and independent observations are explored using simulation. New solutions which make use of all of the available data are put forward. These new approaches are... Read More about Tests for equality of variances between two samples which contain both paired observations and independent observations.

Exploration of muscle fatigue effects in bioinspired robot learning from sEMG signals (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, N., Xu, Y., Ma, H., & Liu, X. (2018). Exploration of muscle fatigue effects in bioinspired robot learning from sEMG signals. Complexity, 2018(49207), https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4920750

© 2018 Ning Wang et al. To investigate the effects of muscle fatigue on bioinspired robot learning quality in teaching by demonstration (TbD) tasks, in this work, we propose to first identify the emerging muscle fatigue phenomenon of the human demons... Read More about Exploration of muscle fatigue effects in bioinspired robot learning from sEMG signals.

Urine flow rate curve shapes and their descriptors (2018)
Journal Article
Li, R., Zhu, Q., Nibouche, M., & Gammie, A. (2018). Urine flow rate curve shapes and their descriptors. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37(8), 2938-2944. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23743

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Aims: To review the descriptors and definitions of urine flow rate curve shape with a view to promoting greater clarity and to propose standard terms. Methods: A search was made in the PubMed and ICS standardization do... Read More about Urine flow rate curve shapes and their descriptors.