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Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism (2023)
Journal Article
Dai, W., Shi, B., & Yang, ·. J. (2024). Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 12, 837–855. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-023-00879-8

Purpose: To suppress the low-frequency vibration of dynamic systems such as underwater vehicles, this research proposes a novel geometrically nonlinear vibration isolator using hybrid nonlinear inertial andnegative stiffness element. Methods: A sprin... Read More about Vibration isolation performance enhancement using hybrid nonlinear inerter and negative stiffness based on linkage mechanism.

European robotics league: Benchmarking through smart city robot competitions (2023)
Book Chapter
Studley, M., Carter, S., Perez-Grau, F. J., Viguria, A., Ferri, G., Ferreira, F., …Iocchi, L. (in press). European robotics league: Benchmarking through smart city robot competitions. In D. R. Vinjamuri (Ed.), Human-Robot Interaction - Perspectives and Applications. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108583

The SciRoc project, started in 2018, is an EU-H2020 funded project supporting the European Robotics League (ERL) and builds on the success of the EU-FP7/H2020 projects RoCKIn, euRathlon, EuRoC and ROCKEU2. The ERL is a framework for robot competition... Read More about European robotics league: Benchmarking through smart city robot competitions.

Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., McEwen, L., Webber, A., Williams, S., Deave, T., Hobbs, L., …Gorell Barnes, L. (2023). Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats. Primary Science, 7-9

In this article, the Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery (VIP- CLEAR) team talk about the research they have undertaken in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the voices of children need to be listened t... Read More about Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats.

Robotics technology for pain treatment and management: A review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Higgins, A., Llewellyn, A., Dures, E., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023). Robotics technology for pain treatment and management: A review. In F. Cavallo, O. Cabibihan, L. Fiorini, A. Sorrentino, H. He, X. Liu, …. S. S. Ge (Eds.), Social Robotics: 14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part I (534-545). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24667-8_47

The use of robots for pain management is a new and active research field. The aim of this scoping review is to identify current research, which groups or conditions are being targeted for treatment, which devices are being used, and how effective the... Read More about Robotics technology for pain treatment and management: A review.

An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates (2023)
Journal Article
Damghani, M., Saddler, J., Sammon, E., Atkinson, G. A., Matthews, J., & Murphy, A. (2023). An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates. Composite Structures, 305, 116506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116506

This paper investigates the effect of transverse impact loading on the in-plane shear behaviour of two laminate configurations. The extensive experimental studies consider a pure carbon laminate (type 1) and a novel X-shaped carbon/glass laminate (ty... Read More about An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates.

Tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints (2023)
Journal Article
Soukkou, Y., Tadjine, M., Soukkou, A., Nibouche, M., & Nouri, H. (2023). Tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints. European Journal of Control, 70, 100783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcon.2023.100783

This paper investigates the tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for a class of uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints. The proposed adaptive control scheme is construc... Read More about Tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints.

A comprehensive review of scab disease detection on Rosaceae family fruits via UAV imagery (2023)
Journal Article
Ali, Z. A., Yang, C., Israr, A., & Zhu, Q. (2023). A comprehensive review of scab disease detection on Rosaceae family fruits via UAV imagery. Drones, 7(2), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7020097

Disease detection in plants is essential for food security and economic stability. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery and artificial intelligence (AI) are valuable tools for it. The purpose of this review is to gather several methods used by our p... Read More about A comprehensive review of scab disease detection on Rosaceae family fruits via UAV imagery.

Stiffness tailoring in sinusoidal lattice structures through passive topology morphing using contact connections (2023)
Journal Article
Sundararaman, V., O'Donnell, M. P., Chenchiah, I. V., Clancy, G., & Weaver, P. M. (2023). Stiffness tailoring in sinusoidal lattice structures through passive topology morphing using contact connections. Materials and Design, 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111649

Structures with adaptive stiffness characteristics present an opportunity to meet competing design requirements, thus achieving greater efficiency by the reconfiguration of their topology. Here, the potential of using changes in the topology of plana... Read More about Stiffness tailoring in sinusoidal lattice structures through passive topology morphing using contact connections.

Impact of feedstock dilution on the performance of urine-fed ceramic and membrane-less microbial fuel cell cascades designs (2023)
Journal Article
Walter, X. A., You, J., Gajda, I., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2023). Impact of feedstock dilution on the performance of urine-fed ceramic and membrane-less microbial fuel cell cascades designs. Journal of Power Sources, 561(30), 232708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.232708

Recent advancements in the microbial fuel cell (MFC) field have led to the deployment of pilot-scale autonomous sanitation systems converting the organic content of urine into electricity to power lights in decentralised areas. Two designs have been... Read More about Impact of feedstock dilution on the performance of urine-fed ceramic and membrane-less microbial fuel cell cascades designs.

Developing test methods for compression after lightning strikes (2023)
Journal Article
Xu, X., Millen, S. L. J., Lee, J., Abdelal, G., Mitchard, D., Wisnom, M. R., & Murphy, A. (2023). Developing test methods for compression after lightning strikes. Applied Composite Materials, 30(2), 539-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-022-10100-w

Research into residual strength after lightning strike is increasing within the literature. However, standard test methods for measuring residual compressive strength after lightning strikes do not exist. For the first time, a systematic experimental... Read More about Developing test methods for compression after lightning strikes.

Usability study of a novel triple-arm mixed-reality robot teleoperation system (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Sobhani, M., Smith, A., Giuliani, M., & Pipe, T. (2023). Usability study of a novel triple-arm mixed-reality robot teleoperation system. In IEEE 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR) (217-223). https://doi.org/10.1109/ssrr56537.2022.10018630

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.

Mechanical characterization of high volume fraction Al7075-Al2O3 composite fabricated by semisolid powder processing (2023)
Journal Article
Aghajani, S., Pouyafar, V., Meshkabadi, R., Volinsky, A. A., & Bolouri, A. (2023). Mechanical characterization of high volume fraction Al7075-Al2O3 composite fabricated by semisolid powder processing. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 125, 2569–2580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-10881-9

The mechanical properties and physical characteristics of aluminum alloy composites can be significantly improved by adding reinforcing phases. However, the high loading of the reinforcement phase in Al7075-Al2O3 composites has not been thoroughly st... Read More about Mechanical characterization of high volume fraction Al7075-Al2O3 composite fabricated by semisolid powder processing.

Investigation of the equivalent mechanical properties of the bone-inspired composite cellular structure: Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches (2023)
Journal Article
Ghorbani, F., Gharehbaghi, H., Farrokhabadi, A., & Bolouri, A. (2023). Investigation of the equivalent mechanical properties of the bone-inspired composite cellular structure: Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches. Composite Structures, 309, 116720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.116720

This study investigated the development of an analytical model using the energy method and Castigliano's second theory to evaluate the equivalent mechanical properties for a bone-inspired cellular structure of a glass fiber-reinforced Polylactic Acid... Read More about Investigation of the equivalent mechanical properties of the bone-inspired composite cellular structure: Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches.

Fire risk assessment of historic urban aggregates: An application to the Yungay neighborhood in Santiago, Chile (2023)
Journal Article
Palazzi, N. C., Baquedano Juliá, P. B., Ferreira, T. M., Rosas, J., Monsalve, M., & de la Llera, J. C. (2023). Fire risk assessment of historic urban aggregates: An application to the Yungay neighborhood in Santiago, Chile. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 86(15), Article 103550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103550

Concern for the preservation of historic urban centers has become an issue of international relevance, not only because of their irreplaceable cultural value, but also because of their potential positive role for the sustainable development of countr... Read More about Fire risk assessment of historic urban aggregates: An application to the Yungay neighborhood in Santiago, Chile.

A gripper-like exoskeleton design for robot grasping demonstration (2023)
Journal Article
Dai, H., Lu, Z., He, M., & Yang, C. (2023). A gripper-like exoskeleton design for robot grasping demonstration. Actuators, 12(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12010039

Learning from demonstration (LfD) is a practical method for transferring skill knowledge from a human demonstrator to a robot. Several studies have shown the effectiveness of LfD in robotic grasping tasks to improve the success rate of grasping and t... Read More about A gripper-like exoskeleton design for robot grasping demonstration.

Compressive behaviour of a square origami surface-based lattice structure fabricated by selective laser melting (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gao, J., Han, Q., Soe, S., Liu, Z., Feng, J., Zhang, Z., & Wang, L. (2023). Compressive behaviour of a square origami surface-based lattice structure fabricated by selective laser melting. In R. J. Howlett, S. G. Scholz, & R. Setchi (Eds.), SDM 2022: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (57-66). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_6

Selective laser melting (SLM) is a metal additive manufacturing process that shows significant advantages in manufacturing lattice structures. In this paper, a novel surface-based square origami structure made of a nickel-based superalloy was fabrica... Read More about Compressive behaviour of a square origami surface-based lattice structure fabricated by selective laser melting.

Deformation-aware contact-rich manipulation skills learning and compliant control (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Si, W., Guo, C., Dong, J., Lu, Z., & Yang, C. (2023). Deformation-aware contact-rich manipulation skills learning and compliant control. In P. Borja, C. D. Santina, L. Peternel, & E. Torta (Eds.), Human-Friendly Robotics 2022 HFR: 15th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (90-104). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22731-8_7

In this paper, we study a vision-based reactive adaptation method for contact-rich manipulation tasks, based on the compliant control and learning from demonstration. For contact-rich tasks, the compliant control method is essential, especially when... Read More about Deformation-aware contact-rich manipulation skills learning and compliant control.

Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Lamere, M., Brodie, L., Nyamapfene, A., Fogg-Rogers, L., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2022). Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum. In 9th Research in Engineering Education Symposium and 32nd Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (REES AAEE 2021) (298-306). https://doi.org/10.52202/066488-0034

CONTEXT There is growing pressure today to tackle complex sustainability challenges of climate change, resource limitations, extreme poverty, to name a few. As part of this drive, today's engineers are expected to deliver technological solutions that... Read More about Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum.

A critical route for documenting the seismic vulnerability on Mexican historical cities on GIS databases (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Ramírez Eudave, R., Ferreira, T. M., & Romeu, V. (2022). A critical route for documenting the seismic vulnerability on Mexican historical cities on GIS databases. In REHABEND 2022 Congress (1078-1087)

Caracterizar la vulnerabilidad de las construcciones históricas en el contexto de acciones sísmicas es una actividad primordial para su salvaguarda. A pesar de las numerosas experiencias para evaluar construcciones históricas, la aplicación de evalua... Read More about A critical route for documenting the seismic vulnerability on Mexican historical cities on GIS databases.

Comparing closed-loop control of drug infusion using MPC and PID (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Setati, T., Perold, W., Fourie, P., & Withey, D. (2022). Comparing closed-loop control of drug infusion using MPC and PID. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIODEVICES (126-133). https://doi.org/10.5220/0010783700003123

Continuous intravenous drug delivery can require careful dosage and the maintenance of consistent blood plasma concentration levels. Here, the closed-loop control of drug concentration in simulated patients’ bloodstreams was investigated. During the... Read More about Comparing closed-loop control of drug infusion using MPC and PID.