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A variable compliance, soft gripper (2013)
Journal Article
Giannaccini, M. E., Georgilas, I., Horsfield, I., Peiris, B. H. P. M., Lenz, A., Pipe, A. G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2014). A variable compliance, soft gripper. Autonomous Robots, 36(1-2), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-013-9374-8

Autonomous grasping is an important but challenging task and has therefore been intensively addressed by the robotics community. One of the important issues is the ability of the grasping device to accommodate varying object shapes in order to form a... Read More about A variable compliance, soft gripper.

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.

Hand exoskeleton for remote control of minimally invasive surgical anthropomorphic instrumentation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Tzemanaki, A., Gao, X., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., & Dogramadzi, S. (2013, June). Hand exoskeleton for remote control of minimally invasive surgical anthropomorphic instrumentation. Poster presented at The 6th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, UK

Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper (2012)
Journal Article
Zheng, Y., Giannaccini, M. E., Dogramadzi, S., & Pipe, A. G. (2012). Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 246-251. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290885

Variable compliance is a subject of great interest in the robotics community, particularly in the area of HumanRobot interaction. In this work, variable compliance is achieved in a novel grasping device inspired by the hydrostatic skeletons of invert... Read More about Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper.

Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining (2012)
Journal Article
Rooney, T., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Pearson, M. (2012). Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 463-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60

Artificial tactile whisker sensors demonstrate an approach to localisation [1] that is robust to harsh environmental disturbances, endowing autonomous systems with the ability to operate effectively in confined, noisy and visually occluded spaces, su... Read More about Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining.

Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery (2012)
Journal Article
Pipe, T., Tzemanaki, A., Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 455-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56

Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has offered refined accuracy and more ergonomic instrume... Read More about Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery.

Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining (2012)
Journal Article
Rooney, T., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Pearson, M. (2012). Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429, 463-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60

Artificial tactile whisker sensors demonstrate an approach to localisation that is robust to harsh environmental disturbances, endowing autonomous systems with the ability to operate effectively in confined, noisy and visually occluded spaces, such a... Read More about Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining.

Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator (2012)
Journal Article
Alemzadeh, K., Dogramadzi, S., Raabe, D., Harrison, A., Ireland, A., Sandy, J., …Burgess, S. (2012). Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016002

This paper presents a new in vitro wear simulator based on spatial parallel kinematics and a biologically inspired implicit force/position hybrid controller to replicate chewing movements and dental wear formations on dental components, such as crown... Read More about Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator.

Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Raabe, D., Dogramadzi, S., & Atkins, R. (2012). Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2679-2684. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225076

Robot-assisted orthopaedic surgery has proved to provide better outcomes over conventional surgery in terms of improved spatial accuracy and more reliable and repeatable results. We present a novel use of robots in orthopaedic surgery - precise anato... Read More about Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis.

Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation (2011)
Journal Article
Raabe, D., Tzemanaki, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999150

Rehabilitation Robotics involves the use of robotic systems as an enabling technology for people with kinetic problems, in order to help them recover from a physical trauma. This paper presents the investigation of a robotic system for stroke and pos... Read More about Development of a novel robotic system for hand rehabilitation.

Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers (2011)
Journal Article
Terzakis, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6856 LNAI, 402-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23232-9_48

The degree of accuracy by which a mobile robot can estimate the properties of its surrounding environment, and the ability to successfully navigate throughout the explored space are the main factors that may well determine its autonomy and efficiency... Read More about Occupancy grid-based SLAM using a mobile robot with a ring of eight sonar transducers.

A system for anatomical reduction of bone fractures (2011)
Patent
Dogramadzi, S., Raabe, D., & Atkins, R. (2011). A system for anatomical reduction of bone fractures. 1115586.8

For optimum healing of bone fractures in the human body, to ensure that the bone and surrounding joints are able to function correctly again, the fragments of the broken bone must be subjected to an anatomical reduction, which involves positioning an... Read More about A system for anatomical reduction of bone fractures.

Artificial active whiskers for guiding underwater autonomous walking robots (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, T., Pearson, M., Welsby, J., Horsfield, I., Sewell, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011, September). Artificial active whiskers for guiding underwater autonomous walking robots. Paper presented at CLAWAR 2011, Paris, France

A low-cost, biologically inspired underwater walking robot (see Fig. 1) has been designed and built to covertly explore the seabed and to determine properties of submerged objects in obscure and inaccessible underwater locations. This paper focuses o... Read More about Artificial active whiskers for guiding underwater autonomous walking robots.

Object localisation using active whiskers on underwater autonomous walking robot (2011)
Book Chapter
Rooney, T., Pearson, M., Welsby, J., Horsfield, I., Sewell, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011). Object localisation using active whiskers on underwater autonomous walking robot. In P. Bidaud, M. O. Tokhi, C. Grande, & G. S. Virk (Eds.), Field Robotics: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (190-195). World Scientific Publishing Co. https://doi.org/10.1142/8305

A low-cost, biologically inspired underwater walking robot (see Fig. 1) has been designed and built to covertly explore the seabed and to determine properties of submerged objects in obscure and inaccessible underwater locations. This paper focuses o... Read More about Object localisation using active whiskers on underwater autonomous walking robot.

MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Nani, M., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Fear, T., & van den Heuvel, H. (2010, September). MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly. Paper presented at 4th Companion Robotics Workshop in Brussels, Brussels

Life expectancy increases and the wish to prolong independent living remains strong. To stay as independent as possible gives satisfaction to the individual and reduces costs for society. With advances in information and communication technologies, s... Read More about MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly.

Automated reduction of complete joint fractures (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dogramadzi, S., & Raabe, D. (2010, June). Automated reduction of complete joint fractures. Paper presented at European Orthopaedics Research Society - 18th European Conference on Orthopaedics, Davos, Switzerland

Service robots ethics (2009)
Book Chapter
Dogramadzi, S., Virk, G., Tokhi, O., & Harper, C. (2009). Service robots ethics. In O. Tosun, H. Akin, M. Tokhi, & G. Virk (Eds.), Mobile Robotics Solutions and Challenges: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-11 September 2009 (133-139). World Scientific Publishing Co. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814291279_0019

The area of robotics is moving from its traditional roots in the industrial sector as the entire robotic community is keen to develop new types of robots for new environments. This change is emphasis is being driven by many factors and it is now wi... Read More about Service robots ethics.

Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robot devices (2009)
Book Chapter
Harper, C., Dogramadzi, S., & Tokhi, O. (2009). Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robot devices. In O. Tosun, H. Akin, M. Tokhi, & G. Virk (Eds.), Mobile Robotics Solutions and Challenges: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-11 September 2009 (155-162). World Scientific Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814291279_0022

With the emergence of mobile robots, including service robots for use in public, domestic and industrial environments, a more comprehensive standard to cover the new robots and associated technologies is needed. New scopes of the robots applications... Read More about Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robot devices.

Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robotic devices (2009)
Journal Article
Harper, C., Dogramadzi, S., & Tokhi, M. O. (2009). Developments in vocabulary standardisation for robots and robotic devices. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814291279_0022

Service robot ethics (2009)
Book Chapter
Dogramadzi, S., Virk, G., Tokhi, M., & Harper, C. (2009). Service robot ethics. In O. Tosun, H. Akin, M. Tokhi, & G. Virk (Eds.), Mobile Robotics: Solutions and Challenges: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (133-139). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814291279_0019