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Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes (2013)
Journal Article
Doran, C., Pearce, T., Connor, A., Schlegel, T., Franklin, E., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2013). Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes. Biology Letters, 9(5), 20130685. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0685

Organisms should invest more in gathering information when the pay-off from finding a profitable resource is likely to be greater. Here, we ask whether animal societies put more effort in scouting for a new nest when their current one is of low quali... Read More about Economic investment by ant colonies in searches for better homes.

Bootstrapping a robot's kinematic model (2013)
Journal Article
Broun, A., Beck, C., Pipe, T., Mirmehdi, M., & Melhuish, C. (2014). Bootstrapping a robot's kinematic model. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(3), 330-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.09.011

We present a system that is able to autonomously build a 3D model of a robot's hand, along with a kinematic model of the robot's arm, beginning with very little information. The system starts by using exploratory motions to locate and centre the robo... Read More about Bootstrapping a robot's kinematic model.

Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Pearson, M., Fox, C. W., Sullivan, J. C., Prescott, T. J., Pipe, T., & Mitchinson, B. (2013). Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot. In L. E. Parker (Ed.), 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (586-592). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630633

A biomimetic mobile robot called 'Shrewbot' has been built as part of a neuroethological study of the mammalian facial whisker sensory system. This platform has been used to further evaluate the problem space of whisker based tactile Simultaneous Loc... Read More about Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot.

Review of rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control (2013)
Journal Article
Zhu, Q., Wang, Y., Zhao, D., Li, S., & Billings, S. A. (2015). Review of rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control. International Journal of Systems Science, 46(12), 2122-2133. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207721.2013.849774

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper is a summary of the research development in the rational (total) nonlinear dynamic modelling over the last two decades. Total nonlinear dynamic systems are defined as those where the model parameters and input (c... Read More about Review of rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control.

Biomimetic tactile target acquisition, tracking and capture (2013)
Journal Article
Prescott, T. J., Pearson, M. J., Mitchinson, B., Pearson, M., Pipe, A. G., & Prescott, T. (2014). Biomimetic tactile target acquisition, tracking and capture. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(3), 366-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.08.013

Good performance in unstructured/uncertain environments is an ongoing problem in robotics; in biology, it is an everyday observation. Here, we model a particular biological system - hunting in the Etruscan shrew - as a case study in biomimetic robot... Read More about Biomimetic tactile target acquisition, tracking and capture.

Metric assessment of autonomous capabilities in unmanned maritime vehicles (2013)
Journal Article
Insaurralde, C. C., & Lane, D. L. (2014). Metric assessment of autonomous capabilities in unmanned maritime vehicles. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 30, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2013.09.003

Autonomous capabilities in Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (UMVs) have been pushing the technology beyond imaginable limits in order to deal with more and more complex ocean and sea missions. However, there is still no agreement on the aspects that should... Read More about Metric assessment of autonomous capabilities in unmanned maritime vehicles.

Enabling autonomous flight capabilities onboard commercial aircraft to improve safety (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Narayan, P. P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2013, October). Enabling autonomous flight capabilities onboard commercial aircraft to improve safety. Paper presented at IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Syracuse, New York, USA

This paper presents the development and implementation of a novel Flight Management System (FMS) to ensure onboard passenger safety of commercial aircraft in the event of an emergency scenario where the pilot must relinquish control of the aircraft (... Read More about Enabling autonomous flight capabilities onboard commercial aircraft to improve safety.

The role of haptic feedback for the integration of intentions in shared task execution (2013)
Journal Article
Groten, R., Feth, D., Klatzky, R. L., & Peer, A. (2013). The role of haptic feedback for the integration of intentions in shared task execution. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 6(1), 94-105. https://doi.org/10.1109/ToH.2012.2

Recent developments strive for realizing robotic systems that not only interact, but closely collaborate with humans in performing everyday manipulation tasks. Successful collaboration requires the integration of the individual partner's intentions i... Read More about The role of haptic feedback for the integration of intentions in shared task execution.

Exploring the design space of haptic assistants: The assistance policy module (2013)
Journal Article
Passenberg, C., Glaser, A., & Peer, A. (2013). Exploring the design space of haptic assistants: The assistance policy module. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 6(4), 440-452. https://doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2013.34

Haptic assistants augment user commands to facilitate manipulation and to increase task performance. The strength of assistance, also referred to as assistance level, is one of the main design factors. While existing implementations mainly realize fi... Read More about Exploring the design space of haptic assistants: The assistance policy module.

Joint conferences - TAROS 2012 and FIRA 2012 (2013)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Conn, A., & Herrmann, G. (2014). Joint conferences - TAROS 2012 and FIRA 2012. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(3), 281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.09.008

This special issue contains ten extended, peer-reviewed papers specially selected from 36 full papers [1] and presented at the joint conferences of TAROS 2012 (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems 2012) and FIRA 2012 (the Robot World Congress of the F... Read More about Joint conferences - TAROS 2012 and FIRA 2012.

The effects of carbon electrode surface properties on bacteria attachment and start up time of microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article
Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Li, B., Casalegno, A., Pasaogullari, U., …Santoro, C. (2014). The effects of carbon electrode surface properties on bacteria attachment and start up time of microbial fuel cells. Carbon, 67, 128-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.09.071

Surface roughness, porosity and contact angles of different carbon paper materials (TORAY paper with PTFE from 0% to 60% of and SGL paper with 0% and 20% of PTFE) suitable as electrodes in microbial fuel cells were investigated. The changes of contac... Read More about The effects of carbon electrode surface properties on bacteria attachment and start up time of microbial fuel cells.

Additive tooling for tube hydroforming (2013)
Journal Article
Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Le, C. H., & Romli, A. (2014). Additive tooling for tube hydroforming. Key Engineering Materials, 572(1), 269-272. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.269

The use of tube hydroforming in manufacturing is increasing in popularity, particularly in automotive applications where it offers numerous cost and well-recognized performance advantages over conventional stamping and welding processes. In this pape... Read More about Additive tooling for tube hydroforming.

A conceptual model for sustainable product design (2013)
Journal Article
Romli, A., Prickett, P. W., Setchi, R., & Soe, S. (2014). A conceptual model for sustainable product design. Key Engineering Materials, 572(1), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.3

This paper proposes a conceptual model to support sustainable product design. The approach develops an integrated multimodal decision making model which is to be introduced early in the design process, as the basis for the integration of the life cyc... Read More about A conceptual model for sustainable product design.

Using nasal curves matching for expression robust 3D nose recognition (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Emambakhsh, M., Evans, A., & Smith, M. (2013, September). Using nasal curves matching for expression robust 3D nose recognition. Paper presented at IEEE Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS2013), Washington DC, USA

The development of 3D face recognition algorithms that are robust to variations in expression has been a challenge for researchers over the past decade. One approach to this problem is to utilize the most stable parts on the face surface. The nasa... Read More about Using nasal curves matching for expression robust 3D nose recognition.

Energy production and sanitation improvement using microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article
Knoop, O., Lewis, D., Greenman, J., Ieropoulos, I., Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., …Knoop, O. (2013). Energy production and sanitation improvement using microbial fuel cells. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 3(3), 383-391. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2013.117

This study builds on the previous work of urine utilisation and uses small-scale microbial fuel cells (MFCs), working both as individual units in cascade or collectively as a stack, to utilise artificial urine. Artificial urine was prepared at concen... Read More about Energy production and sanitation improvement using microbial fuel cells.

Synchronized control with neuro-agents for leader-follower based multiple robotic manipulators (2013)
Journal Article
Zhao, D., Zhu, Q., Li, N., & Li, S. (2014). Synchronized control with neuro-agents for leader-follower based multiple robotic manipulators. Neurocomputing, 124, 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2013.07.016

In this paper, a new neural network enhanced synchronized control approach is proposed for multiple robotic manipulators systems (MRMS) based on the leader-follower network communication topology. The justification of introducing two adaptive Radial... Read More about Synchronized control with neuro-agents for leader-follower based multiple robotic manipulators.

Integrated capacitated lot sizing and scheduling problems in a flexible flow line (2013)
Thesis
Mahdieh, M. Integrated capacitated lot sizing and scheduling problems in a flexible flow line. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/928579

The lot sizing and scheduling problem in a Flexible Flow Line (FFL) has extensive real-world applications in many industries. An FFL consists of several production stages in series with parallel machines at each stage. The decisions to be taken are t... Read More about Integrated capacitated lot sizing and scheduling problems in a flexible flow line.