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Towards collaborative robotic polishing of mould and die sets (2019)
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Wang, K., Dailami, F., & Matthews, J. (2019). Towards collaborative robotic polishing of mould and die sets. Procedia Manufacturing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.137

Dies and moulds are fundamental elements in the manufacturing of a wide variety of products. The surface polishing of dies and moulds with complex features largely relies upon time-consuming manual work of skilled workers and, as a result of the dimi... Read More about Towards collaborative robotic polishing of mould and die sets.

The analysis of tool wear mechanisms in the machining of pre-sintered zirconia dental crowns (2019)
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Irvine, D., Goh, M., Dailami, F., & Matthews, J. (2019). The analysis of tool wear mechanisms in the machining of pre-sintered zirconia dental crowns. Procedia Manufacturing, 38, 1026-1033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.188

The growth of Digital Dentistry has opened new potentials in the dental restoration sector where personalised restorations could be made in a much shorter time than before. Zirconia has been widely used due to its excellent wear properties and bio-co... Read More about The analysis of tool wear mechanisms in the machining of pre-sintered zirconia dental crowns.

Clinically Actionable Insights into Initial and Matched Recurrent Glioblastomas to Inform Novel Treatment Approaches (2019)
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Ellis, H. P., McInerney, C. E., Schrimpf, D., Sahm, F., Stupnikov, A., Wadsley, M., …Kurian, K. M. (2019). Clinically Actionable Insights into Initial and Matched Recurrent Glioblastomas to Inform Novel Treatment Approaches. Journal of Oncology, 2019, Article 4878547. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4878547

© 2019 H. P. Ellis et al. Glioblastoma is the most common primary adult brain tumour, and despite optimal treatment, the median survival is 12-15 months. Patients with matched recurrent glioblastomas were investigated to try to find actionable mutati... Read More about Clinically Actionable Insights into Initial and Matched Recurrent Glioblastomas to Inform Novel Treatment Approaches.

Well-posedness of semilinear heat equations in L1 (2019)
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Laister, R., & Sierżęga, M. (2020). Well-posedness of semilinear heat equations in L1. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis, 37(3), 709-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2019.12.001

The problem of obtaining necessary and sufficient conditions for local existence of non-negative solutions in Lebesgue spaces for semilinear heat equations having monotonically increasing source term f has only recently been resolved (Laister et al.... Read More about Well-posedness of semilinear heat equations in L1.

Event-triggered based state estimation for autonomous operation of an aerial robotic vehicle (2019)
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Nokhodberiz, N. S., Nemati, H., & Montazeri, A. (2019). Event-triggered based state estimation for autonomous operation of an aerial robotic vehicle. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52(13), 2348-2353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.557

In this article the problem of event-triggered (ET) state estimation for autonomous navigation of an aerial vehicle is investigated numerically. The aerial vehicle is considered as a general example of a nonlinear non-Gaussian system for state estima... Read More about Event-triggered based state estimation for autonomous operation of an aerial robotic vehicle.

Discrete time sliding mode control of milling chatter (2019)
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Paul, S., & Löfstrand, M. (2020). Discrete time sliding mode control of milling chatter. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1121 AISC, 381-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38364-0_34

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. The technique of mitigating chatter phenomenon in an effective manner is an important issue from the viewpoint of superior quality machining process with quality production. In this paper, an innovative solution... Read More about Discrete time sliding mode control of milling chatter.

Experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion mediate the relationship between body evaluation and unhelpful body image coping strategies in individuals with visible differences (2019)
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Zucchelli, F., White, P., & Williamson, H. (2020). Experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion mediate the relationship between body evaluation and unhelpful body image coping strategies in individuals with visible differences. Body Image, 32, 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.12.002

Psychological flexibility, the capacity to be open to any internal stimuli and act in accordance with valued ends, has been identified as an explanatory variable in how people cope with body concerns. The role of psychological flexibility is unexplor... Read More about Experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion mediate the relationship between body evaluation and unhelpful body image coping strategies in individuals with visible differences.

A teleoperation framework for mobile robots based on shared control (2019)
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Luo, J., Lin, Z., Li, Y., & Yang, C. (2020). A teleoperation framework for mobile robots based on shared control. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2019.2959442

Mobile robots can complete a task in cooperation with a human partner. In this letter, a hybrid shared control method for a mobile robot with omnidirectional wheels is proposed. A human partner utilizes a six degrees of freedom haptic device and elec... Read More about A teleoperation framework for mobile robots based on shared control.

Auxiliary variable-based identification algorithms for uncertain-input models (2019)
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Chen, J., Zhu, Q., Chandra, B., & Pu, Y. (2020). Auxiliary variable-based identification algorithms for uncertain-input models. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 39, 3389-3404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-019-01320-w

This study presents two auxiliary variable-based identification algorithms for uncertain-input models. The auxiliary variable-based least squares algorithm can obtain unbiased parameter estimates by introducing suitable auxiliary variable vectors. Fu... Read More about Auxiliary variable-based identification algorithms for uncertain-input models.

Initial trail results of a magnetic biosensor for the rapid detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Virus (PRRSV) infection (2019)
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Barnett, J. M., Monnier, B. M., Tyler, S., West, D., Ballantine-Dykes, H., Regan, E., …Luxton, R. (2020). Initial trail results of a magnetic biosensor for the rapid detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Virus (PRRSV) infection. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 27, 100315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2019.100315

© 2019 The resonant coil magnetometer quantifies paramagnetic particles (PMPs) and has been used to develop magneto-immunoassays in a range of formats. The advantage of magneto-immunoassays is that they are relatively inexpensive, portable, easy to p... Read More about Initial trail results of a magnetic biosensor for the rapid detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Virus (PRRSV) infection.

The effect of breast size and bra type on comfort for UK female police officers wearing body armour (2019)
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Malbon, C., Knock, C., Critchley, R., & Debra J Carr, P. (2020). The effect of breast size and bra type on comfort for UK female police officers wearing body armour. Applied Ergonomics, 84, Article 103012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.103012

Within the Police service of England and Wales the wearing of ballistic and stab resistant body armour is common, with most police forces mandating its usage when away from the police station. Of all the serving police officers in England and Wales 2... Read More about The effect of breast size and bra type on comfort for UK female police officers wearing body armour.

Effect of hot cracking on the mechanical properties of Hastelloy X superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (2019)
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Han, Q., Gu, Y., Soe, S., Lacan, F., & Setchi, R. (2020). Effect of hot cracking on the mechanical properties of Hastelloy X superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Optics and Laser Technology, 124, Article 105984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.105984

Nickel-based superalloys such as Hastelloy X (HX) are widely used in gas turbine engine applications and the aerospace industry. HX is susceptible to hot cracking, however, when processed using additive manufacturing technologies such as laser powder... Read More about Effect of hot cracking on the mechanical properties of Hastelloy X superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

Bespoke extensional elasticity through helical lattice systems (2019)
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Dixon, M. D. X., O'Donnell, M. P., Pirrera, A., & Chenchiah, I. V. (2019). Bespoke extensional elasticity through helical lattice systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 475(2232), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0547

© 2019 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. Nonlinea... Read More about Bespoke extensional elasticity through helical lattice systems.

Challenges facing the implementation of Pico-hydropower technologies (2019)
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Williamson, S. J., David Lubitz, W., Williams, A. A., Booker, J. D., & Butchers, J. P. (2019). Challenges facing the implementation of Pico-hydropower technologies. Journal of Sustainability Research, 2(1), Article e200003. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20200003

840 million people living in rural areas across the world lack access to electricity, creating a large imbalance in the development potential between urban and rural areas. Pico-hydropower offers a cost-effective way of accessing electricity, where t... Read More about Challenges facing the implementation of Pico-hydropower technologies.

Direct numerical simulation of a tip-leakage flow in a planar duct with a longitudinal slit (2019)
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Liu, Y., Fang, J., Gao, Y., Lu, L., Yao, Y., & Le Ribault, C. (2019). Direct numerical simulation of a tip-leakage flow in a planar duct with a longitudinal slit. Physics of Fluids, 31(12), 125108. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124163

A planar duct flow configuration with a cross-flow injected from a longitudinal slit close to the upper wall of the duct is studied by using a direct numerical simulation approach to explore the underlying flow mechanism in relation to the tip-leakag... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of a tip-leakage flow in a planar duct with a longitudinal slit.

A corroborative approach to verification and validation of human–robot teams (2019)
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Webster, M., Western, D., Araiza-Illan, D., Dixon, C., Eder, K., Fisher, M., & Pipe, A. G. (2020). A corroborative approach to verification and validation of human–robot teams. International Journal of Robotics Research, 39(1), 73-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364919883338

© The Author(s) 2019. We present an approach for the verification and validation (V&V) of robot assistants in the context of human–robot interactions, to demonstrate their trustworthiness through corroborative evidence of their safety and functional... Read More about A corroborative approach to verification and validation of human–robot teams.

Robotic grasp detection based on image processing and random forest (2019)
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Zhang, J., Li, M., Feng, Y., & Yang, C. (2020). Robotic grasp detection based on image processing and random forest. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 79, 7427-7446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-019-08302-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Real-time grasp detection plays a key role in manipulation, and it is also a complex task, especially for detecting how to grasp novel objects. This paper proposes a very quick and accurate approach to detect robotic grasps. Th... Read More about Robotic grasp detection based on image processing and random forest.

Physical human-robot collaboration: Robotic systems, learning methods, collaborative strategies, sensors, and actuators (2019)
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Ogenyi, U. E., Liu, J., Yang, C., Ju, Z., & Liu, H. (2021). Physical human-robot collaboration: Robotic systems, learning methods, collaborative strategies, sensors, and actuators. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 51(4), 1888 - 1901. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcyb.2019.2947532

This article presents a state-of-the-art survey on the robotic systems, sensors, actuators, and collaborative strategies for physical human-robot collaboration (pHRC). This article starts with an overview of some robotic systems with cutting-edge tec... Read More about Physical human-robot collaboration: Robotic systems, learning methods, collaborative strategies, sensors, and actuators.

On the impact of different types of errors on trust in human-robot interaction: Are laboratory-based HRI experiments trustworthy? (2019)
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Flook, R., Shrinah, A., Wijnen, L., Eder, K., Melhuish, C., & Lemaignan, S. (2019). On the impact of different types of errors on trust in human-robot interaction: Are laboratory-based HRI experiments trustworthy?. Interaction Studies, 20(3), 455-486. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18067.flo

© John Benjamins Publishing Company Trust is a key dimension of human-robot interaction (HRI), and has often been studied in the HRI community. A common challenge arises from the difficulty of assessing trust levels in ecologically invalid environmen... Read More about On the impact of different types of errors on trust in human-robot interaction: Are laboratory-based HRI experiments trustworthy?.

Data set for influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions (2019)
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Van Niekerk, A., Drew, B., Larsen, N., & Kay, P. (2020). Data set for influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions. Data in Brief, 28, Article 104836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104836

The present data article is based on the research work which investigates the influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions. In this experimental work, a 2.4 L, turbocharged, direct injection compression i... Read More about Data set for influence of blends of diesel and renewable fuels on compression ignition engine emissions.