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The impact of different human-machine interface feedback modalities on older participants' user experience of CAVs in a simulator environment (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Eimontaite, I., Voinescu, A., Alford, C., Caleb-Solly, P., & Morgan, P. (2019). The impact of different human-machine interface feedback modalities on older participants' user experience of CAVs in a simulator environment. In Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation (120-132). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_11

Rapidly developing Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology has potential to provide solutions to some of the aging population challenges, such as social isolation resulting from an inability to be independently mobile. However for AVs success, users' acce... Read More about The impact of different human-machine interface feedback modalities on older participants' user experience of CAVs in a simulator environment.

Indoor positioning using auto sextant (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Zar, A., Zaidi, Y., & Winberg, S. (2019). Indoor positioning using auto sextant. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIMT.2019.8712019

© 2019 IEEE. This paper reports on the construction of an automated mechatronic sextant utilized in determining positions relative to multiple observed objects in open spaces. The design is based on the basic principles of the conventional mariner's... Read More about Indoor positioning using auto sextant.

Surface normals based landmarking for 3D face recognition using photometric stereo captures (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Gao, J., Hansen, M., Smith, M., & Evans, A. N. (2019). Surface normals based landmarking for 3D face recognition using photometric stereo captures. In Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Biometric Engineering and Applications. , (43-47). https://doi.org/10.1145/3345336.3345339

In recent decades, many 3D data acquisition methods have been developed to provide accurate and cost-effective 3D captures of the human face. An example system, which can accommodate both research and commercial applications, is the Photoface device.... Read More about Surface normals based landmarking for 3D face recognition using photometric stereo captures.

Potential impact of industry 4.0 in sustainable food supply chain environment (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Ojo, O. O., Shah, S., Coutroubis, A., Jimenez, M. T., & Ocana, Y. M. (2019). Potential impact of industry 4.0 in sustainable food supply chain environment. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Technology Management, Operations and Decisions (ICTMOD) (172-177). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2018.8691223

Integration of suitable supply chain system with the industry 4.0 in the face of the evolving sustainability consciousness is of paramount importance to engineering and manufacturing industry at large; this is gradually becoming an irresistible optio... Read More about Potential impact of industry 4.0 in sustainable food supply chain environment.

Effective persuasion strategies for socially assistive robots (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Winkle, K., Lemaignan, S., Caleb-Solly, P., Turton, A., Leonards, U., & Bremner, P. (2019). Effective persuasion strategies for socially assistive robots. In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (277-285). https://doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2019.8673313

In this paper we present the results of an experimental study investigating the application of human persuasive strategies to a social robot. We demonstrate that robot displays of goodwill and similarity to the participant significantly increased rob... Read More about Effective persuasion strategies for socially assistive robots.

Towards generating spatial referring expressions in a social robot: Dynamic vs non-ambiguous (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Wallbridge, C. D., Lemaignan, S., Senft, E., & Belpaeme, T. (2019). Towards generating spatial referring expressions in a social robot: Dynamic vs non-ambiguous. In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference, (616-617). https://doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2019.8673285

© 2019 IEEE. We present in this paper our work towards a new dynamic method of generating spatial referring expressions. While people are generally ambiguous in their description of locations, previous methods of artificial generation mostly consider... Read More about Towards generating spatial referring expressions in a social robot: Dynamic vs non-ambiguous.

Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control of Quadcopter Using IMU Navigation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Nemati, H., & Montazeri, A. (2019). Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control of Quadcopter Using IMU Navigation. https://doi.org/10.1109/icmech.2019.8722899

The main focus of this paper is to design various nonlinear sliding mode output feedback control approaches for attitude stabilisation of a quadcopter UAV using only IMU navigation sensor. Three types of controllers are considered based on asymptotic... Read More about Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control of Quadcopter Using IMU Navigation.

Integrating electronic components into deformable objects based on user interaction data (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., Reuss, K., & Mueller, S. (2019). Integrating electronic components into deformable objects based on user interaction data. In TEI '19: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (345-350). https://doi.org/10.1145/3294109.3295629

With an increased interest in Organic User Interface, it becomes more and more important to help designers create deformable devices. One current challenge is the integration of rigid and soft electronic components with the device. In this paper, we... Read More about Integrating electronic components into deformable objects based on user interaction data.

Effect of Fe-rich intermetallics on tensile behavior of Al–Cu 206 cast alloys at solid and near-solid states (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Liu, K., Cao, X., Bolouri, A., & Chen, X. (2019). Effect of Fe-rich intermetallics on tensile behavior of Al–Cu 206 cast alloys at solid and near-solid states. In Shape Casting: 7th International Symposium Celebrating Prof. John Campbell's 80th Birthday (85-96). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06034-3_8

Iron is one of the most common impurity elements in Al–Cu 206 cast alloys as it often causes the precipitation of Fe-rich intermetallic phases during solidification due to its extremely low solid solubility in aluminum. The characteristics of the Fe-... Read More about Effect of Fe-rich intermetallics on tensile behavior of Al–Cu 206 cast alloys at solid and near-solid states.

A study of technical, economic and social factors affecting micro-hydropower plants in Nepal (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Butchers, J., Williamson, S., Booker, J., Tran, A., Gautam, B., & Karki, P. B. (2019). A study of technical, economic and social factors affecting micro-hydropower plants in Nepal. In 2018 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2018.8601895

Due to slow expansion of the national grid, many rural areas of Nepal depend on micro-hydropower plants to provide electricity to homes and businesses. Micro-hydro turbines are designed, manufactured and installed by small and medium sized enterprise... Read More about A study of technical, economic and social factors affecting micro-hydropower plants in Nepal.

Comparing the effect of geometry and stiffness on the effective load paths in non-symmetric laminates (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Minera, S., Patni, M., Weaver, P., Pirrera, A., & O'Donnell, M. P. (2019). Comparing the effect of geometry and stiffness on the effective load paths in non-symmetric laminates. . https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-1766

© 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. In aerospace composite material design, it is common to encounter load bearing components that vary in thickness across their length. In plate design, ply drop... Read More about Comparing the effect of geometry and stiffness on the effective load paths in non-symmetric laminates.

Optimisation of mechanical properties for a gear steel alloy for aero-engine applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Abdallah, Z., Bache, M., Perkins, K., Rawson, M., & Hetherington, J. (2018). Optimisation of mechanical properties for a gear steel alloy for aero-engine applications. . https://doi.org/10.4172/2321-6212-C4-023

The characterization of steel alloys, candidates for employment as a gear material for future gas turbine aero-engine, will be described in the present study. Comparative studies were initially performed on seven potential steel alloy systems, consid... Read More about Optimisation of mechanical properties for a gear steel alloy for aero-engine applications.

The Dark Side of Ethical Robots (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Vanderelst, D., & Winfield, A. (2018). The Dark Side of Ethical Robots. In Proceedings of the 2018 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society - AIES '18. , (317-322). https://doi.org/10.1145/3278721.3278726

© 2018 ACM. Concerns over the risks associated with advances in Artificial Intelligence have prompted calls for greater efforts toward robust and beneficial AI, including machine ethics. Recently, roboticists have responded by initiating the developm... Read More about The Dark Side of Ethical Robots.

Robot companion for industrial process monitoring based on virtual fixtures (2018)
Conference Proceeding
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.

Home activity monitoring using low resolution infrared sensor array (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tao, L., Smith, M., Volonakis, T., Tan, B., Jing, Y., Chetty, K., & Smith, M. (2018). Home activity monitoring using low resolution infrared sensor array

Abstract. Action monitoring in a home environment provides important information for health monitoring and may serve as input into a smart home environment. Visual analysis using cameras can recognise actions in a complex scene, such as someones livi... Read More about Home activity monitoring using low resolution infrared sensor array.

Design and development of a novel controller for robust attitude stabilisation of an unmanned air vehicle for nuclear environments (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Nemati, H., & Montazeri, A. (2018). Design and development of a novel controller for robust attitude stabilisation of an unmanned air vehicle for nuclear environments. In 2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL). , (373-378). https://doi.org/10.1109/control.2018.8516729

This study presents two new robust nonlinear control algorithms based on the theory of time-varying sliding mode control (TVSMC) strategy to stabilize the attitude of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for nuclear decommissioning applications. Constant... Read More about Design and development of a novel controller for robust attitude stabilisation of an unmanned air vehicle for nuclear environments.

Broad-leaf weed detection in pasture (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, W., Hansen, M. F., Volonakis, T. N., Smith, M., Smith, L., Wilson, J., …Wright, G. (2018). Broad-leaf weed detection in pasture.

Weed control in pasture is a challenging problem that can be expensive and environmentally unfriendly. This paper proposes a novel method for recognition of broad-leaf weeds in pasture such that precision weed control can be achieved with reduced her... Read More about Broad-leaf weed detection in pasture.

Open innovation: The challenge of integrating knowledge in bi-national projects (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Celadon, K. L., & Sbragia, R. (2018). Open innovation: The challenge of integrating knowledge in bi-national projects

Purpose – This paper seeks to evaluate the professional culture factors that are present in knowledge integration mechanisms in two selected open innovation cases. Design/methodology/approach – In-depth case studies were conducted in two different e... Read More about Open innovation: The challenge of integrating knowledge in bi-national projects.

Feasibility of Virtual Environments to Develop Future Driving Cycles (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Kay, P. J. (2018). Feasibility of Virtual Environments to Develop Future Driving Cycles. In SAE Technical Paper Series. https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-1816

© 2018 SAE International. All Rights Reserved. The current procedure for testing emissions from new vehicles, the World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), was introduced in September 2017. The WLTP was developed by collecting over 765,00... Read More about Feasibility of Virtual Environments to Develop Future Driving Cycles.