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Comparing closed-loop control of drug infusion using MPC and PID (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Multi-fingered tactile servoing for grasping adjustment under partial observation (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Grasping of objects using multi-fingered robotic hands often fails due to small uncertainties in the hand motion control and the object's pose estimation. To tackle this problem, we propose a grasping adjustment strategy based on tactile seroving. Ou... Read More about Multi-fingered tactile servoing for grasping adjustment under partial observation.

Multi-purpose tactile perception based on deep learning in a new tendon-driven optical tactile sensor (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, we create a new tendon-connected multi-functional optical tactile sensor, MechTac, for object perception in the field of view (TacTip) and location of touching points in the blind area of vision (TacSide). In a multi-point touch task,... Read More about Multi-purpose tactile perception based on deep learning in a new tendon-driven optical tactile sensor.

Investigation of fracture process zone development in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates using in situ and ex situ X-ray Computed Tomography (2022)
Journal Article

Trans-laminar fracture toughness is an important property of laminated composites and examining the fracture process zone at the tip of a crack is key to understanding it. To date, little research has been done on in-depth examination of the early fr... Read More about Investigation of fracture process zone development in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates using in situ and ex situ X-ray Computed Tomography.

Improved impact damage resistance of tapered composite laminates using a ply scarfing technique (2022)
Journal Article

This paper presents an experimental investigation into the effect of scarfed ply drops on the low velocity impact response of asymmetrically tapered, multi-directional, carbon/epoxy laminates, in comparison with that of conventional ply drops. Impact... Read More about Improved impact damage resistance of tapered composite laminates using a ply scarfing technique.

Predicting flexural properties of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics sheet moulding compounds (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’ (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Children are unheard voices within the COVID-19 pandemic. We are unaware how intersections of complex factors in specific social settings have impacted their perceptions and are determining what ‘recovery’ means. ‘Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Loc... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’.

One-shot domain-adaptive imitation learning via progressive learning applied to robotic pouring (2022)
Journal Article

Traditional deep learning-based visual imitation learning techniques require a large amount of demonstration data for model training, and the pre-trained models are difficult to adapt to new scenarios. To address these limitations, we propose a unifi... Read More about One-shot domain-adaptive imitation learning via progressive learning applied to robotic pouring.

A procedure for monitoring the phenological status of peach flowers with artificial vision (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tree flowering is a major event in crop production as it anticipates season yield. However a number of issues may occur during the campaign such as frost, and/or irregular mineral nutrition, among other, that strongly affect this process. On the othe... Read More about A procedure for monitoring the phenological status of peach flowers with artificial vision.

A trajectory and force dual-incremental robot skill learning and generalization framework using improved dynamical movement primitives and adaptive neural network control (2022)
Journal Article

Due to changes in the environment and errors that occurred during skill initialization, the robot's operational skills should be modified to adapt to new tasks. As such, skills learned by the methods with fixed features, such as the classical Dynamic... Read More about A trajectory and force dual-incremental robot skill learning and generalization framework using improved dynamical movement primitives and adaptive neural network control.

Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The principal cause of upper limb amputations is due to traumatism. The prosthesis is an assistive device to help in the activities of daily for the amputee person. However, one of the latest reports shows that in developing countries there are aroun... Read More about Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis.

Digital thread: The missing link (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An area where model-driven engineering methodologies offer the potential to accelerate digital engineering in different development phases is the connectivity of models and lifecycle activities via a digital thread. However, we need to understand how... Read More about Digital thread: The missing link.

A robotic learning and generalization framework for curved surface based on modified DMP (2022)
Journal Article

How to reproduce and generalize the skills acquired by demonstrating is a hot topic for researchers. (1) A compliant continuous drag demonstration system based on discrete admittance model was designed to continuously and smoothly drag or demonstrate... Read More about A robotic learning and generalization framework for curved surface based on modified DMP.

Metal oxide decorated carbon nanocomposite electrodes for propofol monitoring (2022)
Journal Article

Despite the growing evidence of the benefits of total-intravenous anaesthesia using propofol compared to conventional volatile-based anaesthesia, both in terms of environmental impact and patient outcomes, the majority of administered general anaesth... Read More about Metal oxide decorated carbon nanocomposite electrodes for propofol monitoring.

A neural network based framework for variable impedance skills learning from demonstrations (2022)
Journal Article

Robots are becoming standard collaborators not only in factories, hospitals, and offices, but also in people's homes, where they can play an important role in situations where a human cannot complete a task alone or needs the help of another person (... Read More about A neural network based framework for variable impedance skills learning from demonstrations.

A modified LSTM model for Chinese sign language recognition using leap motion (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

At present, there are about 70 million deaf people using sign language in the world, but for most normal people, it is difficult to understand the meaning of the sign language expression. Therefore, it is of great importance to explore the ways of re... Read More about A modified LSTM model for Chinese sign language recognition using leap motion.

Creep failure of 25Cr-35Ni centrifugally cast reformer tube (2022)
Book Chapter

Cast 25Cr-35Ni alloys are extensively being used in the petrochemical and petroleum refining industries for high-temperature applications. A typical application of such alloys in the industry is in the manufacture of cast catalyst reformer tubes for... Read More about Creep failure of 25Cr-35Ni centrifugally cast reformer tube.

Enhancement of properties of concrete using carbon dioxide: An initiative to curb carbon footprints (2022)
Journal Article

In the present era, the word "Global Warming" needs no further introduction as 72% of the emitted greenhouse gases arecarbon dioxide of which 7%is produced when calcium carbonate is calcinated during the manufacturing of cement. This process is peril... Read More about Enhancement of properties of concrete using carbon dioxide: An initiative to curb carbon footprints.

Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030 (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

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.