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Albatross inspires ocean-skimming drone (2009)
Journal Article

Efficiency analysis in a collaborative task with reciprocal haptic feedback (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whisking with robots: From rat vibrissae to biomimetic technology for active touch (2009)
Journal Article

This article summarizes some of the key features of the rat vibrissal system, including the actively controlled sweeping movements of the vibrissae known as whisking, and reviews the past and ongoing research aimed at replicating some of this functio... Read More about Whisking with robots: From rat vibrissae to biomimetic technology for active touch.

Genetic approaches to search for computing patterns in cellular automata (2009)
Journal Article

The emergence of collision based computing in complex systems with local interactions is discussed. Simulations of logic gates have been inspired by the simulation of an AND gate by the Game of Life. The evolutionary algorithm is also used to modify... Read More about Genetic approaches to search for computing patterns in cellular automata.

Control-theoretic model of haptic human-human interaction in a pursuit tracking task (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Experimental analysis of dominance in haptic collaboration (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Facial geometry estimation using photometric stereo and profile views (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the three-dimensional shape of faces, facilitating the possibility of enhanced face recognition. The method involves a combined use of photometric stereo and profile view information. It can be divide... Read More about Facial geometry estimation using photometric stereo and profile views.

Service robots ethics (2009)
Book Chapter

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

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.

Engineless unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion by dynamic soaring (2009)
Journal Article

Engineless unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion by dynamic soaring (2009)
Journal Article

Dynamic soaring is a flight technique which extracts energy from wind gradients with the potential to power small unmanned aerial vehicles in maritime applications. Wind gradients of the required magnitude naturally occur at the air-sea interface due... Read More about Engineless unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion by dynamic soaring.

Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction (2009)
Journal Article

Using the examples of an excitable chemical system (the Belousov–Zhabotinsky medium) and plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum we show that universal computation in a geometrically unconstrained medium is only possible when resources (excitability or c... Read More about Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction.

Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction (2009)
Journal Article

We present experimental verification of wave fragment collisions in the sub-excitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium observed previously in simulation [Adamatzky A, De Lacy Costello B. Binary collisions between wave fragments in a sub-excitable Belousov... Read More about Experimental validation of binary collisions between wave fragments in the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.

Facial reconstruction and alignment using photometric stereo and surface fitting (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a novel 3D face shape capture device suitable for practical face recognition applications. A new surface fitting based face alignment algorithm is then presented to normalise the pose in preparation for recognition. The 3D data ca... Read More about Facial reconstruction and alignment using photometric stereo and surface fitting.

Genetic approaches to search for computing patterns in cellular automata (2009)
Journal Article

Comparing objective and subjective measures of usability in a human-robot dialogue system (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We present a human-robot dialogue system that enables a robot to work together with a human user to build wooden construction toys. We then describe a study in which na¨ıve subjects interacted with this system under a range of conditions and then com... Read More about Comparing objective and subjective measures of usability in a human-robot dialogue system.

Dynamic soaring flight in turbulence (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Obtaining malignant melanoma indicators through statistical analysis of 3D skin surface disruptions (2009)
Journal Article

Background/purpose: It has been observed that disruptions in skin patterns are larger for malignant melanoma (MM) than benign lesions. In order to extend the classification results achieved for 2D skin patterns, this work intends to investigate the f... Read More about Obtaining malignant melanoma indicators through statistical analysis of 3D skin surface disruptions.

Neural basis of online control during visually guided reaching (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Enhanced 3D visualisation of skin disorders for tele-dermatology (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution