Outputs (658)

Advancing whisker based navigation through the implementation of bio-inspired whisking strategies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An active whisking tactile sensor array has been
successfully integrated with the RatSLAM algorithm and
demonstrated as capable of reducing error in pose estimates of a mobile robot. A new metric for evaluating the performance of RatSLAM is introdu... Read More about Advancing whisker based navigation through the implementation of bio-inspired whisking strategies.

Robot humor: How self-irony and Schadenfreude influence people's rating of robot likability (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Humor in robotics is a promising, though not yet significantly researched topic. We performed a user study exploring two different kinds of laughter. In our study, participants observed a robot-robot interaction where an iCat and a NAO r... Read More about Robot humor: How self-irony and Schadenfreude influence people's rating of robot likability.

Designing user interfaces for different user groups: A three-way teleconference system for doctors, patients and assistants using a Remote Medical robot (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. We present the design for a three-way medical teleconference system for communication between a doctor, a patient, and an assistant. The system includes individual doctor-patient and doctor-assistant communication channels, as well as th... Read More about Designing user interfaces for different user groups: A three-way teleconference system for doctors, patients and assistants using a Remote Medical robot.

User requirements for a medical robotic system: Enabling doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. We report the results of a user requirements analysis for a medical robotic system that enables doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination on patients. As there are three different user groups in this scenario -... Read More about User requirements for a medical robotic system: Enabling doctors to remotely conduct ultrasonography and physical examination.

Augmented reality for industrial robot programmers: Workload analysis for task-based, augmented reality-supported robot control (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Augmented reality (AR) can serve as a tool to provide helpful information in a direct way to industrial robot programmers throughout the teaching process. It seems obvious that AR support eases the programming process and increases the p... Read More about Augmented reality for industrial robot programmers: Workload analysis for task-based, augmented reality-supported robot control.

Toward Energetically Autonomous Foraging Soft Robots (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. A significant goal of robotics is to develop autonomous machines, capable of independent and collective operation free from human assistance. To operate with complete autonomy robots must be capable of independent movem... Read More about Toward Energetically Autonomous Foraging Soft Robots.

A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer great promise as a technology that can produce electricity whilst at the same time treat wastewater. Although significant progress has been made in recent years, the requirement for cheaper materi... Read More about A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells.

Development of a dynamics model for the Baxter robot (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. The dynamics model of a robot is important to find the relation between the joint actuator torques and the resulting motion. There are two common methods to do this: The Lagrange formulation, which gives a closed form of the dynamics equ... Read More about Development of a dynamics model for the Baxter robot.

Enhancing student learning of human-computer interaction using a contextual mobile application (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. This paper presents findings from the deployment of a mobile application designed to enable students to learn more effectively in field studies. The mobile application supports students in a design task as part of their learning of Human... Read More about Enhancing student learning of human-computer interaction using a contextual mobile application.

Control of mobile robot for remote medical examination: Design concepts and users' feedback from experimental studies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. In this article we discuss movement control of a ReMeDi medical mobile robot from the user perspective. The control is essentially limited to the level of operator actions where the operator is a member of a nursing staff. Two working mo... Read More about Control of mobile robot for remote medical examination: Design concepts and users' feedback from experimental studies.

From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring (2016)
Thesis

In the domain of UAVs, endurance and range are key utility factors. However, small-sized UAVs are faced with serious limitations regarding energy storage options. A way to address this challenge is to seek for energy from the surrounding environment.... Read More about From albatross to long range UAV flight by dynamic soaring.

Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors This paper describes the suitability of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) for generation of electrical power with a simultaneous synthesis of active catholyte in the form of caustic solution. The active solution formed inside a terraco... Read More about Microbial fuel cell – A novel self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation of heavy metals.

An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. Assistive robots are emerging to address a social need due to changing demographic trends such as an ageing population. The main emphasis is to offer independence to those in need and to fill a potential labour gap in response to the inc... Read More about An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling.

Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation (2016)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors Human–Robot Interaction challenges Artificial Intelligence in many regards: dynamic, partially unknown environments that were not originally designed for robots; a broad variety of situations with rich semantics to understand and i... Read More about Artificial Cognition for Social Human-Robot Interaction: An Implementation.

The euRathlon 2015 grand challenge: The first outdoor multi-domain search and rescue robotics competition— A Marine perspective (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Marine Technology Society Journal. All rights reserved. The euRathlon project was an FP7-funded Coordination and Support Action (2013–2015). Itsmain aim was to organize outdoor robotics competitions in realistic search and rescue response sce... Read More about The euRathlon 2015 grand challenge: The first outdoor multi-domain search and rescue robotics competition— A Marine perspective.

Autonomous model building using vision and manipulation (2016)
Thesis

It is often the case that robotic systems require models, in order to successfully control themselves, and to interact with the world. Models take many forms and include kinematic models to plan motions, dynamics models to understand the interaction... Read More about Autonomous model building using vision and manipulation.

Design of a multi-DOF cable-driven mechanism of a miniature serial manipulator for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

While multi-fingered robotic hands have been developed for decades, none has been used for surgical operations. MicroAngelo is an anthropomorphic master-slave system for tele-operated robot-assisted surgery. As part of this system, this paper focuses... Read More about Design of a multi-DOF cable-driven mechanism of a miniature serial manipulator for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery.

Visual-tactile sensory map calibration of a biomimetic whiskered robot (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 IEEE. We present an adaptive filter model of cerebellar function applied to the calibration of a tactile sensory map to improve the accuracy of directed movements of a robotic manipulator. This is demonstrated using a platform called Bellabot... Read More about Visual-tactile sensory map calibration of a biomimetic whiskered robot.

Microalgae as substrate in low cost terracotta-based microbial fuel cells: Novel application of the catholyte produced (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. In this work, the by-product generated during the operation of cylindrical MFCs, made out of terracotta material, is investigated as a feasible means of degrading live microalgae for the first time. In addition to the low cost ma... Read More about Microalgae as substrate in low cost terracotta-based microbial fuel cells: Novel application of the catholyte produced.

Small scale ceramic MFCs for efficient energy harvesting from wastewater and full system development (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The main aim of this work was to increase the efficiency of the ceramic based MFCs by compacting the design and exploring the ceramic support as the building block for small scale modular multi-unit systems. The improved energy density would then all... Read More about Small scale ceramic MFCs for efficient energy harvesting from wastewater and full system development.