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Hand Gesture Interface to Teach an Industrial Robots (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmadieh Khanesar, M., & Branson, D. (2023, November). Hand Gesture Interface to Teach an Industrial Robots. Paper presented at ICINCO 2023: 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Rome, Italy

The present paper proposes user gesture recognition to control industrial robots. To recognize hand gestures, MediaPipe software package and an RGB camera is used. The proposed communication approach is an easy and reliable approach to provide comman... Read More about Hand Gesture Interface to Teach an Industrial Robots.

Uncertainty analysis of an augmented industrial robot (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Khanesar, M. A., Piano, S., & Branson, D. (in press). Uncertainty analysis of an augmented industrial robot.

Industrial robots are often used in additive manufacturing (AM) environments to automate the process of creating complex parts and structures. One example of an industrial robot used in AM is for wire and arc additive manufacturing. This process invo... Read More about Uncertainty analysis of an augmented industrial robot.

High-accuracy robotic metrology for precise industrial manipulation tasks (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Isa, M. A., Khanesar, M. A., Leach, R. K., Branson, D., & Piano, S. (2023). High-accuracy robotic metrology for precise industrial manipulation tasks. . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673088

The majority of industrial production processes can be divided into a series of object manipulation and handling tasks that can be adapted for robots. Through significant advances in compliant grasping, sensing and actuation technologies, robots are... Read More about High-accuracy robotic metrology for precise industrial manipulation tasks.

Precision Denavit–Hartenberg Parameter Calibration for Industrial Robots Using a Laser Tracker System and Intelligent Optimization Approaches (2023)
Journal Article
Khanesar, M. A., Yan, M., Isa, M., Piano, S., & Branson, D. T. (2023). Precision Denavit–Hartenberg Parameter Calibration for Industrial Robots Using a Laser Tracker System and Intelligent Optimization Approaches. Sensors, 23(12), Article 5368. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125368

Precision object handling and manipulation require the accurate positioning of industrial robots. A common practice for performing end effector positioning is to read joint angles and use industrial robot forward kinematics (FKs). However, industrial... Read More about Precision Denavit–Hartenberg Parameter Calibration for Industrial Robots Using a Laser Tracker System and Intelligent Optimization Approaches.

Adaptive non-singular fast terminal sliding mode control and synchronization of a chaotic system via interval type-2 fuzzy inference system with proportionate controller (2023)
Journal Article
Khaniki, M. L., Manthouri, M., & Khanesar, M. A. (2023). Adaptive non-singular fast terminal sliding mode control and synchronization of a chaotic system via interval type-2 fuzzy inference system with proportionate controller. Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 20(6), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.22111/IJFS.2023.39658.6889

This paper introduces a novel adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode approach that benefits from an interval type-2 fuzzy logic estimator and a gain for control and synchronization of chaotic systems in the presence of uncertainty. The nonsi... Read More about Adaptive non-singular fast terminal sliding mode control and synchronization of a chaotic system via interval type-2 fuzzy inference system with proportionate controller.

Enhancing Positional Accuracy of the XY-Linear Stage Using Laser Tracker Feedback and IT2FLS (2023)
Journal Article
Khanesar, M. A., Yan, M., Isa, M., Piano, S., Ayoubi, M. A., & Branson, D. (2023). Enhancing Positional Accuracy of the XY-Linear Stage Using Laser Tracker Feedback and IT2FLS. Machines, 11(4), Article 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11040497

This paper proposes a calibration algorithm to improve the positional accuracies of an industrial XY-linear stage. Precision positioning of these linear stages is required to maintain highly accurate object handling and manipulation. However, due to... Read More about Enhancing Positional Accuracy of the XY-Linear Stage Using Laser Tracker Feedback and IT2FLS.

A Neural Network Separation Approach for the Inclusion of Static Friction in Nonlinear Static Models of Industrial Robots (2023)
Journal Article
Ahmadieh Khanesar, M., Yan, M., Syam, W. P., Piano, S., Leach, R. K., & Branson, D. (2023). A Neural Network Separation Approach for the Inclusion of Static Friction in Nonlinear Static Models of Industrial Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 28(6), 3294-3304. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2023.3262644

Static friction modeling is a critical task to have the accurate robot model. In this article, a neural network separation approach to include nonlinear static friction in models of industrial robots is proposed. For this purpose, the terms correspon... Read More about A Neural Network Separation Approach for the Inclusion of Static Friction in Nonlinear Static Models of Industrial Robots.

Intelligent Static Calibration of Industrial Robots using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Khanesar, M. A., Yan, M., Kendal, P., Isa, M., Piano, S., & Branson, D. (2023). Intelligent Static Calibration of Industrial Robots using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics ( IEEE ICM 2023). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICM54990.2023.10101918

This paper proposes an industrial robot calibration methodology using an artificial bee colony algorithm. Open loop industrial robot positions are usually calculated using joint angle readings and industrial robot forward kinematics, where feedback c... Read More about Intelligent Static Calibration of Industrial Robots using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm.

Improving the Positional Accuracy of Industrial Robots by Forward Kinematic Calibration using Laser Tracker System (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Khanesar, M. A., Piano, S., & Branson, D. (2022). Improving the Positional Accuracy of Industrial Robots by Forward Kinematic Calibration using Laser Tracker System. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2022) (263-270). https://doi.org/10.5220/0011340200003271

Precision object handling and manipulation require precise positioning of industrial robots. The common practice to perform end effector positioning is to use joint angle readings and industrial robot forward kinematics. However, forward kinematics o... Read More about Improving the Positional Accuracy of Industrial Robots by Forward Kinematic Calibration using Laser Tracker System.

Frequency scanning interferometry for accurate robot position measurement (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Isa, M. A., Khanesar, M. A., Leach, R., Branson, D., & Piano, S. (2022). Frequency scanning interferometry for accurate robot position measurement. In Proceedings of 22nd International Conference & Exhibition

This paper presents a frequency scanning interferometry (FSI) shortwave infrared (IR) setup developed for position and orientation measurement of industrial robots. Within contemporary and future industrial frameworks, robots—in particular collaborat... Read More about Frequency scanning interferometry for accurate robot position measurement.

Robust Sliding Mode Fuzzy Control of Industrial Robots using an Extended Kalman Filter Inverse Kinematic Solver (2022)
Journal Article
Khanesar, M. A., & Branson, D. (2022). Robust Sliding Mode Fuzzy Control of Industrial Robots using an Extended Kalman Filter Inverse Kinematic Solver. Energies, 15(5), Article 1876. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051876

This paper presents a sliding mode fuzzy control approach for industrial robots at their static and near static speed (linear velocities less than 5 cm/s). The extended Kalman filter with its covariance resetting is used to translate the coordinates... Read More about Robust Sliding Mode Fuzzy Control of Industrial Robots using an Extended Kalman Filter Inverse Kinematic Solver.

Optimization of interval type-2 fuzzy logic system using grasshopper optimization algorithm (2021)
Journal Article
Hassan, S., Khanesar, M. A., Hussein, N. K., Belhaouari, S. B., Amjad, U., & Mashwani, W. K. (2022). Optimization of interval type-2 fuzzy logic system using grasshopper optimization algorithm. Computers, Materials & Continua, 71(2), 3513-3531. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2022.022018

The estimation of the fuzzy membership function parameters for interval type 2 fuzzy logic system (IT2-FLS) is a challenging task in the presence of uncertainty and imprecision. Grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA) is a fresh population based met... Read More about Optimization of interval type-2 fuzzy logic system using grasshopper optimization algorithm.

Unsupervised Learning for Product Use Activity Recognition: An Exploratory Study of a “Chatty Device” (2021)
Journal Article
Lakoju, M., Ajienka, N., Khanesar, M. A., Burnap, P., & Branson, D. T. (2021). Unsupervised Learning for Product Use Activity Recognition: An Exploratory Study of a “Chatty Device”. Sensors, 21(15), Article 4991. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21154991

To create products that are better fit for purpose, manufacturers require new methods for gaining insights into product experience in the wild at scale. “Chatty Factories” is a concept that explores the transformative potential of placing IoT-enabled... Read More about Unsupervised Learning for Product Use Activity Recognition: An Exploratory Study of a “Chatty Device”.

Electrical Load Prediction using Interval Type-2 Atanassov Intuitionist Fuzzy System: Gravitational Search Algorithm Tuning approach (2021)
Journal Article
Khanesar, M. A., Lu, J., Smith, T., & Branson, D. (2021). Electrical Load Prediction using Interval Type-2 Atanassov Intuitionist Fuzzy System: Gravitational Search Algorithm Tuning approach. Energies, 14(12), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123591

Establishing accurate electrical load prediction is vital for pricing and power system management. However, the unpredictable behavior of private and industrial users results in uncertainty in these power systems. Furthermore, the utilization of rene... Read More about Electrical Load Prediction using Interval Type-2 Atanassov Intuitionist Fuzzy System: Gravitational Search Algorithm Tuning approach.

XOR Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm with Repository: Industry 4.0 Applications (2020)
Journal Article
Ahmadieh Khanesar, M., Bansal, R., Martínez-Arellano, G., & Branson, D. (2020). XOR Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm with Repository: Industry 4.0 Applications. Applied Sciences, 10(8), Article 6451. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10186451

Industry 4.0 is the fourth generation of industry which will theoretically revolutionize manufacturing methods through the integration of machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches on the factory floor to obtain robustness and sped-up pr... Read More about XOR Binary Gravitational Search Algorithm with Repository: Industry 4.0 Applications.

Support Vector Regression for Multi-objective Parameter Estimation of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems (2020)
Book Chapter
Ahmadieh Khanesar, M., & Branson, D. (2020). Support Vector Regression for Multi-objective Parameter Estimation of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems. In Soft Computing for Problem Solving 2019: Proceedings of SocProS 2019, Volume 1 (97-108). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3290-0_8

© 2020, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. This paper presents a support vector regression-based multi-objective parameter estimation method for interval type-2 fuzzy systems, which deals with prediction interval rather than its crisp output value. S... Read More about Support Vector Regression for Multi-objective Parameter Estimation of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems.

Recurrent Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network with Stable Learning Algorithm: Application to Model-Based Predictive Control (2020)
Journal Article
Tafti, B. E. F., Teshnehlab, M., & Khanesar, M. A. (2020). Recurrent Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network with Stable Learning Algorithm: Application to Model-Based Predictive Control. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 22, 351–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40815-019-00766-z

Fuzzy neural networks, with suitable learning strategy, have been demonstrated as an effective tool for online data modeling. However, it is a challenging task to construct a model to ensure its quality and stability for non-stationary dynamic system... Read More about Recurrent Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network with Stable Learning Algorithm: Application to Model-Based Predictive Control.