White paper for extreme environments robotics
Our globe is getting increasingly vulnerable to disasters both natural (earthquake, floods, storms) and manmade (conflicts, pandemics due to increasingly connected world). Population change, urbanisation, and climate change further exacerbate the impact of these disasters.… Read More
Drone perching and manipulation on a street lamppost
This paper presents a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system using commercial-off-the-shelf components, that is capable of autonomously perching on a street lamppost, and performing sensor (camera) (un-)installation on the lamppost with its onboard robotic… Read More
Multimodal human aerobotic interaction
This book chapter discusses HCI interfaces used in controlling aerial robotic systems (otherwise known as aerobots). The autonomy control level of aerobot is also discussed. However, due to the limitations of existing models, a novel… Read More
3D printing self-folding structures using Tango Plus FLX930
Self-folding is the ability of the structure to fold and/or unfold without human intervention or any application of external manipulation. It is known that the structure of folding object consists of two essential parts. These… Read More
Lowering computational cost of estimating probability density functions
Several approaches have been developed to estimate probability density functions (pdfs). The pdf has two important properties: the integration of pdf over whole sampling space is equal to 1 and the value of pdf in… Read More
Filter to improve moving target tracking
Target tracking filters have a variety of applications in various areas. Typically, a radar provides the range measurement and an optical sensor measures the orientation of a target. The measurements provided by the sensors have… Read More
The future of fabricating mechatronic devices
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges, risks and options facing the future of mechatronics, and provides insights into how these issues are currently assessed and managed. Written by experts in the field, it… Read More
Novel strut-type modular robotic structure
This paper proposes a novel way of constructing strut-type modular robotic structures to avoid some difficulties of designing and implementing ideal compliant nodes. Rigid nodes are employed to replace the ideal compliant nodes and to… Read More
Inspection robot with low cost perception sensing
Harriet Peel, George Morgan, Colin Peel, Anthony Cohn, Raul Fuentes This paper presents the use of-off-the shelf products as a low cost solution to bridge bearing inspection. A commercial product, known as a DiddyBorg, is… Read More
