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Lycra sleeves with embedded-Accelerometers to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study  (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Kumar, P., Leake, J., Brodie, S., Molton, J., O'Reilly, R., Pearce, A., …Caleb-Solly, P. (2021, October). Lycra sleeves with embedded-Accelerometers to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study . Poster presented at CAHPR Oxfordshire and CAHPR Southwest Conference 2021, Online

Background: To establish a possible effect of Lycra sleeves, accurate recording of wear time is critical. Aim: To test whether an accelerometer-embedded Lycra sleeve can measure wear compliance and record upper-limb (UL) movements/activity in people... Read More about Lycra sleeves with embedded-Accelerometers to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study .

Initial R-curves for translaminar fracture of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates from specimens with increasing size (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, X., Sun, X., & Wisnom, M. (2021). Initial R-curves for translaminar fracture of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates from specimens with increasing size. Composites Science and Technology, 216, Article 109077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.109077

In this paper, a set of initial R-curves were measured for three different in-plane sizes using scaled Over-height Compact Tension (OCT) specimens and two different stacking sequences. The data reduction scheme was based on a Virtual Crack Closure Te... Read More about Initial R-curves for translaminar fracture of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates from specimens with increasing size.

A rationalised CFD design methodology for Turgo turbines to enable local manufacture in the Global South (2021)
Journal Article
Butchers, J., Benzon, S., Williamson, S., Booker, J., & Aggidis, G. (2021). A rationalised CFD design methodology for Turgo turbines to enable local manufacture in the Global South. Energies, 14(19), Article 6250. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196250

In the Global South, pico-and micro-hydropower turbines are often made by local work-shops. Despite several advantageous features, e.g., a high power density and capacity to handle silt, there is no commonly available Turgo turbine design appropriate... Read More about A rationalised CFD design methodology for Turgo turbines to enable local manufacture in the Global South.

Voltage stability improvement in multi-terminal HVDC grids: A case study of cigré B4 HVDC test grid (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Azizi, N., Cheshmehbeigi, H. M., Rouzbehi, K., & Nouri, H. (2021). Voltage stability improvement in multi-terminal HVDC grids: A case study of cigré B4 HVDC test grid. In 2021 56th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC50034.2021.9548164

High voltage direct current (HVDC) breaker is among the essential components of HVDC grids. Currently, DC circuit breakers (DCCBs) of HVDC grids require relatively large DC reactors to limit the rate of increase of fault current. However, DC reactors... Read More about Voltage stability improvement in multi-terminal HVDC grids: A case study of cigré B4 HVDC test grid.

Voltage and frequency stability enhancement of islanded network (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Azizi, N., Cheshmehbeigi, H. M., & Nouri, H. (2021). Voltage and frequency stability enhancement of islanded network. . https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC50034.2021.9548170

Nowadays, for economic and environmental reasons, power systems usually work close to the limits of stability to make the most of existing networks. However, in such systems, sudden faults can cause severe instability between all equipment of the sys... Read More about Voltage and frequency stability enhancement of islanded network.

Calculation and validation of sector-shaped conductor cable parameters in LV distribution systems (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Le, T., Nouri, H., & Le Blond, S. (2021). Calculation and validation of sector-shaped conductor cable parameters in LV distribution systems. In 2021 56th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC50034.2021.9548158

The exact determination of faults in underground power distribution networks requires accurate cable parameter data. Accuracy depends on how the cable parameters have been derived, which in turn is a function of the core shape. This paper schematical... Read More about Calculation and validation of sector-shaped conductor cable parameters in LV distribution systems.

Microbial fuel cells in the house: A study on real household wastewater samples for treatment and power (2021)
Journal Article
You, J., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2021). Microbial fuel cells in the house: A study on real household wastewater samples for treatment and power. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 48, Article 101618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2021.101618

In line with the global movement towards sustainable buildings and dwellings, this work investigated the potential for integrating microbial fuel cell technology into future architecture. Various types of domestic greywater and wastewater from five d... Read More about Microbial fuel cells in the house: A study on real household wastewater samples for treatment and power.

A unified parametric representation for robotic compliant skills with adaptation of impedance and force (2021)
Journal Article
Zeng, C., Li, Y., Guo, J., Huang, Z., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2022). A unified parametric representation for robotic compliant skills with adaptation of impedance and force. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 27(2), 623-633. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2021.3109160

Robotic compliant manipulation is a very challenging but urgent research spot in the domain of robotics. One difficulty lies in the lack of a unified representation for encoding and learning of compliant profiles. This article aims to introduce a nov... Read More about A unified parametric representation for robotic compliant skills with adaptation of impedance and force.

UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children (2021)
Presentation / Conference
lemaignan, S., newbutt, N., Rice, L., daly, J., & charisi, V. (2021, September). UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children. Paper presented at IROS: The Roles of Robotics in Achieving the UN's Social Development Goals, Prague

For a period of three weeks in June 2021, we embedded a social robot (Softbank Pepper) in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school, with a focus on supporting the well-being of autistic children. Our methodology to design and embed the robot among th... Read More about UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children.

Enhancing vibration isolation performance by exploiting novel spring-bar mechanism (2021)
Journal Article
Shi, B., Yang, J., & Li, T. (2021). Enhancing vibration isolation performance by exploiting novel spring-bar mechanism. Applied Sciences, 11(19), 8852. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11198852

This study investigates the use of a spring-bar mechanism (SBM) in a vibration suppression system to improve its performance. The SBM, comprising bars and springs, is configured with a conventional linear spring-damper isolator unit. The dynamic resp... Read More about Enhancing vibration isolation performance by exploiting novel spring-bar mechanism.

Trajectory online adaption based on human motion prediction for teleoperation (2021)
Journal Article
Luo, J., Huang, D., Li, Y., & Yang, C. (2022). Trajectory online adaption based on human motion prediction for teleoperation. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 19(4), 3184-3191. https://doi.org/10.1109/tase.2021.3111678

In this work, a human motion intention prediction method based on an autoregressive (AR) model for teleoperation is developed. Based on this method, the robot's motion trajectory can be updated in real time through updating the parameters of the AR m... Read More about Trajectory online adaption based on human motion prediction for teleoperation.

Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms (2021)
Journal Article
Greenman, J., Gajda, I., You, J., Mendis, B. A., Obata, O., Pasternak, G., & Ieropoulos, I. (2021). Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms. Biofilms, 3, Article 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100057

Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) represent a wide range of different biofilm-based bioreactors that includes microbial fuel cells (MFCs), microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) and microbial desalination cells (MDCs). The first described bioelectrical b... Read More about Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms.

Automated extraction of 3D printed parts from unfused PA12 powder using a one-shot 3D printed compliant gripper (2021)
Journal Article
Cormack, J., Fotouhi, M., Adams, G., & Pipe, T. (2021). Automated extraction of 3D printed parts from unfused PA12 powder using a one-shot 3D printed compliant gripper. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(4), 8655-8662. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2021.3113383

Automated individual part extraction from powder based 3D printers has the potential to save time and cost compared with fully manual part extraction, or part sorting following automated bulk separation of parts and unfused powder. This work details... Read More about Automated extraction of 3D printed parts from unfused PA12 powder using a one-shot 3D printed compliant gripper.

Investigating Browne's method (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Obodo, S., Toher, D., & White, P. (2021, September). Investigating Browne's method. Poster presented at Statistics at Bristol: Future Reserach and You 2021, Bristol

Results supports Browne’s procedure of pilot sample size determination. However the data reveals that the procedure underestimates and overestimates sample size. Fig. 1 shows 𝛼 and 𝛽 have no practical effect on degree of excess which increases as... Read More about Investigating Browne's method.

Suppression of vibration transmission in coupled systems with an inerter-based nonlinear joint (2021)
Journal Article
Dong, Z., Shi, B., Yang, J., & Li, T. (2022). Suppression of vibration transmission in coupled systems with an inerter-based nonlinear joint. Nonlinear Dynamics, 107(2), 1637-1662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-021-06847-9

This study proposes an inerter-based nonlinear passive joint device and investigates its performance in suppression of vibration transmission in coupled systems. The joint device comprises an axial inerter and a pair of lateral inerters creating geom... Read More about Suppression of vibration transmission in coupled systems with an inerter-based nonlinear joint.

An improvement of robot stiffness-adaptive skill primitive generalization using the surface electromyography in human–robot collaboration (2021)
Journal Article
Guan, Y., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2021). An improvement of robot stiffness-adaptive skill primitive generalization using the surface electromyography in human–robot collaboration. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15, Article 694914. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.694914

Learning from Demonstration in robotics has proved its efficiency in robot skill learning. The generalization goals of most skill expression models in real scenarios are specified by humans or associated with other perceptual data. Our proposed frame... Read More about An improvement of robot stiffness-adaptive skill primitive generalization using the surface electromyography in human–robot collaboration.

Cytochrome P450 2B6 amperometric biosensor for continuous monitoring of propofol (2021)
Journal Article
Ferrier, D., Kiely, J., & Luxton, R. (2021). Cytochrome P450 2B6 amperometric biosensor for continuous monitoring of propofol. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(21), https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3112273

Despite the growing evidence of improved patient outcomes and of a substantially reduced environmental impact of propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia when compared to volatile-based techniques, the vast majority of general anesthetics still us... Read More about Cytochrome P450 2B6 amperometric biosensor for continuous monitoring of propofol.

Towards facial expression recognition for on-farm welfare assessment in pigs (2021)
Journal Article
Hansen, M. F., Baxter, E. M., Rutherford, K. M. D., Futro, A., Smith, M. L., & Smith, L. N. (2021). Towards facial expression recognition for on-farm welfare assessment in pigs. Agriculture, 11(9), Article 847. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11090847

Animal welfare is not only an ethically important consideration in good animal husbandry but can also have a significant effect on an animal’s productivity. The aim of this paper was to show that a reduction in animal welfare, in the form of increase... Read More about Towards facial expression recognition for on-farm welfare assessment in pigs.

Dramatic maturing effects on all inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells under different storage conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Commandeur, D., Draper, T., Alabdulla, Z. T. Y., Qian, R., & Chen, Q. (2021). Dramatic maturing effects on all inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells under different storage conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125(36), 19642-19652. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05714

As perovskite solar cells have yielded impressive efficiency at a low cost, the focus has shifted to increase their service life as they are plagued by rapid degradation. Refreshingly, CsPbBr3 solar cells built on a conductive ZnO nanowire electron t... Read More about Dramatic maturing effects on all inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells under different storage conditions.

Bio-inspired knee joint: Trends in the hardware systems development (2021)
Journal Article
Etoundi, A. C., Semasinghe, C. L., Agrawal, S., Dobner, A., & Jafari, A. (2021). Bio-inspired knee joint: Trends in the hardware systems development. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.613574

The knee joint is a complex structure that plays a significant role in the human lower limb for locomotion activities in daily living. However, we are still not quite there yet where we can replicate the functions of the knee bones and the attached l... Read More about Bio-inspired knee joint: Trends in the hardware systems development.