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Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots (2021)
Journal Article
Ba, W., Dong, X., Mohammad, A., Wang, M., Axinte, D., & Norton, A. (2021). Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 26(6), 3010-3021. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3050263

IEEE Continuum robots (CRs) outperform the conventional rigid-link manipulators in aspects of hyper-redundant and compliant features. They provide universal and efficient solutions to access to constrained environments, e.g., aero-engines and industr... Read More about Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots.

A semiconductor device and methods for production thereof (2021)
Patent
Lophitis, N., & Arvanitopoulos, A. (2021). A semiconductor device and methods for production thereof. WO2021/001645 A1

A method for producing a semiconductor device, which includes epitaxially forming a first layer of n-type conductivity on a substrate or on a previously epitaxially formed layer; epitaxially forming a body layer of p-type conductivity on the first la... Read More about A semiconductor device and methods for production thereof.

Understanding heat and mass transfer processes during microwave-assisted and conventional solvent extraction (2021)
Journal Article
Mao, Y., Robinson, J., & Binner, E. (2021). Understanding heat and mass transfer processes during microwave-assisted and conventional solvent extraction. Chemical Engineering Science, 233, Article 116418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.116418

Solvent extraction is a mass transfer process. In this paper, we investigate the role of heat transfer in solvent extraction: in particular, how the heat transfer properties of the solid and the heating method (conventional heating and microwave heat... Read More about Understanding heat and mass transfer processes during microwave-assisted and conventional solvent extraction.

Active Thermal Control for Modular Power Converters in Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive System (2021)
Journal Article
Yan, H., Zhao, W., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2021). Active Thermal Control for Modular Power Converters in Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive System. IEEE Access, 9, 7054-7063. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3049293

Modular winding structure has been employed in the Permanent Magnet SynchronousMotors (PMSMs) to increase the reliability and reduce the torque ripple. Nevertheless, the reliability ofthe motor system depends on the lifetime of the power semiconducto... Read More about Active Thermal Control for Modular Power Converters in Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive System.

Doce River Large-Scale Environmental Catastrophe: Decision and Policy-Making Outcomes (2021)
Book Chapter
Lima, A. T., Bastos, F. A., Junior, F. J. T., Neto, R. R., Gomes, H. I., & Barroso, G. F. (2021). Doce River Large-Scale Environmental Catastrophe: Decision and Policy-Making Outcomes. In A. A. R. Ioris (Ed.), Environment and Development: Challenges, Policies and Practices (133-173). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55416-3_5

A tailings dam failed on 5 November 2015, flooding the Doce River, Brazil, with 34 Mm3 of tailings and killing 19 people, together with massive riverine life annihilation, water-use impairments, and fisheries interruption. A total of 663.2 km of rive... Read More about Doce River Large-Scale Environmental Catastrophe: Decision and Policy-Making Outcomes.

Advanced analysis of satellite data reveals ground deformation precursors to the Brumadinho Tailings Dam collapse (2021)
Journal Article
Grebby, S., Sowter, A., Gluyas, J., Toll, D., Gee, D., Athab, A., & Girindran, R. (2021). Advanced analysis of satellite data reveals ground deformation precursors to the Brumadinho Tailings Dam collapse. Communications Earth & Environment, 2, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00079-2

Catastrophic failure of a tailings dam at an iron ore mine complex in Brumadinho, Brazil, on 25th January 2019 released 11.7 million m3 of tailings downstream. Although reportedly monitored using an array of geotechnical techniques, the collapse occu... Read More about Advanced analysis of satellite data reveals ground deformation precursors to the Brumadinho Tailings Dam collapse.

Improving the Strategy of Maintaining Offshore Wind Turbines through Petri Net Modelling (2021)
Journal Article
Yan, R., & Dunnett, S. (2021). Improving the Strategy of Maintaining Offshore Wind Turbines through Petri Net Modelling. Applied Sciences, 11(2), Article 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020574

In order to improve the operation and maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind turbines, a new Petri net (PN)-based offshore wind turbine maintenance model is developed in this paper to simulate the O&M activities in an offshore wind farm. With the aid of... Read More about Improving the Strategy of Maintaining Offshore Wind Turbines through Petri Net Modelling.

A Genetic Optimization Resampling Based Particle Filtering Algorithm for Indoor Target Tracking (2021)
Journal Article
Zhou, N., Lau, L., Bai, R., & Moore, T. (2021). A Genetic Optimization Resampling Based Particle Filtering Algorithm for Indoor Target Tracking. Remote Sensing, 13(1), Article 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010132

In indoor target tracking based on wireless sensor networks, the particle filtering algorithm has been widely used because of its outstanding performance in coping with highly non-linear problems. Resampling is generally required to address the inher... Read More about A Genetic Optimization Resampling Based Particle Filtering Algorithm for Indoor Target Tracking.

A Comparison of Algebraic and Iterative Procedures for the Generation of the Workspace of Parallel Robots (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Russo, M., & Ceccarelli, M. (2021). A Comparison of Algebraic and Iterative Procedures for the Generation of the Workspace of Parallel Robots. In S. Zeghloul, M. A. Laribi, & M. Arsicault (Eds.), Mechanism Design for Robotics : MEDER 2021 (53-61). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75271-2_6

Computing the workspace of parallel manipulators is critical to characterize their behavior. Usually, workspace is obtained by iterating the robot’s forward kinematics for a discrete range of poses, resulting in a cloud of reachable points. Here we p... Read More about A Comparison of Algebraic and Iterative Procedures for the Generation of the Workspace of Parallel Robots.