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A Suite of Robotic Solutions for Nuclear Waste Decommissioning by Vitanov, Ivan, Farkhatdinov, Ildar, Denoun, Brice, Palermo, Francesca, Otaran, Ata, Brown, Joshua, Omarali, Bukeikhan, Abrar, Taqi, Hansard, Miles, Oh, Changjae, Poslad, Stefan, Liu, Chen, Godaba, Hareesh, Zhang, Ketao, Jamone, Lorenzo, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Dealing safely with nuclear waste is an imperative for the nuclear industry. Increasingly, robots are being developed to carry out complex tasks such as…”
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Vision Based Autonomous Landing of Multirotor UAV on Moving Platform by Araar, Oualid, Aouf, Nabil, Vitanov, Ivan

“…This paper investigates solutions for the fundamental yet challenging problem of autonomous landing of multirotor Unammaned Aerial Vehicles UAVs. In addition…”
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F-TOUCH Sensor: Concurrent Geometry Perception and Multi-Axis Force Measurement by Li, Wanlin, Alomainy, Akram, Vitanov, Ivan, Noh, Yohan, Qi, Peng, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Force and tactile sensing has experienced a surge of interest over recent decades. It conveys a range of information through physical interaction, including…”
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Evaluation of Knowledge Flow from Developed to Developing Countries in Small Satellite Collaborative Projects: The Case of Algeria by Ayad, Ahmed, Matthews, Ron, Vitanov, Ivan

“…Technology transfer involves the flow of knowledge from technology developers or possessors to technology acquirers that benefit from the knowledge. This…”
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Eversion-Capable Fabric Robot Gripper with Novel Retraction Mechanism by Hassan, Ahmed, Abrar, Taqi, Aljaber, Faisal, Vitanov, Ivan, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Soft grippers have a number of advantages over their conventional stiff-bodied counterparts; not only do they surpass them in ease of fabrication and safety…”
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F-TOUCH Sensor for Three-Axis Forces Measurement and Geometry Observation by Li, Wanlin, Noh, Yohan, Alomainy, Akram, Vitanov, Ivan, Zheng, Yu, Qi, Peng, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…We present an innovative concept for a sensor design that can simultaneously measure multi-axis force information and acquire geometry information with the use…”
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Kernel-based fault diagnosis of inertial sensors using analytical redundancy by Vitanov, Ivan

“…Kernel methods are able to exploit high-dimensional spaces for representational advantage, while only operating implicitly in such spaces, thus incurring none…”
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Curvature and Contact Sensing with Optical Waveguides for Soft Silicone Pneumatic Actuator by Aljaber, Faisal, Hassan, Ahmed, Vitanov, Ivan, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Optical waveguide sensors exhibit fast response, radically low power consumption, and offer one of the most efficient means of detecting bends in soft…”
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Performance Evaluation and Optimisation of Multi-point Waveguide based optical Sensor for Soft Robots by Hassan, Ahmed, Aljaber, Faisal, Vitanov, Ivan, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Soft optical-based waveguide sensors display fast response, drastically low power consumption, and offer an effective means by which to detect deformation in…”
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Soft Multi-point Waveguide Sensor for Proprioception and Extereoception in Inflatable Fingers by Hassan, Ahmed, Aljaber, Faisal, Godaba, Hareesh, Vitanov, Ivan, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Disadvantages of conventional robotic systems include rigidity, multiple moving parts, and the need for elaborate safety mechanisms when used in human-machine…”
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Soft Inflatable Fingers: An Overview of Design, Prototyping and Sensorisation for Various Applications by Aljaber, Faisal, Hassan, Ahmed, Abrar, Taqi, Vitanov, Ivan, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Fabric-based soft actuators, grippers and manipulators are gaining in popularity due to their ability to handle large payloads while being lightweight,…”
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A bending sensor insensitive to pressure: soft proprioception based on abraded optical fibres by Godaba, Hareesh, Vitanov, Ivan, Aljaber, Faisal, Ataka, Ahmad, Althoefer, Kaspar

“…Optical sensors have recently been proposed for sensing bending, linear strains and external forces in soft actuators. However, the susceptibility of these…”
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Fault diagnosis for MEMS INS using unscented Kalman filter enhanced by Gaussian process adaptation by Vitanov, Ivan, Aouf, Nabil

“…Miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as quadrotors are increasingly in demand due to their small size and cost. The base navigation solution for such…”
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Fault detection and isolation in an inertial navigation system using a bank of unscented H∞ filters by Vitanov, Ivan, Aouf, Nabil

“…In order to ensure safe operation and meet reliability standards at a safety-critical level, instrument failures have to be robustly handled through effective…”
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Fault diagnosis and recovery in MEMS inertial navigation system using information filters and Gaussian processes by Vitanov, Ivan, Aouf, Nabil

“…An integrated navigation system (INS) on a vehicle platform such as a quadrotor UAV is an example of a multisensor system, wherein data streams coming from…”
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Buffer capacity allocation using ant colony optimisation algorithm by Vitanov, Ivan V., Vitanov, Valentin I., Harrison, David K.

“…This paper presents an algorithm for the near-optimal allocation of buffer space to an assembly line by means of the ant colony optimisation (ACO) paradigm…”
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