School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions
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Gesture recognition based on bayesian inference of distributed arm trajectory
(American Scientific Publishers, 2014-01)The use of human gestures has become an important part of human-computer interaction (HCI) and is receiving more and more attentions in the recent years, which allows users to communicate with machines in the natural way, ... -
Acoustic emission monitoring of multiaxial ultimate elastic wall stress tests of glass fibre-reinforced epoxy composite pipes
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-01)This paper describes the acoustic emission (AE) monitoring of multiaxial ultimate elastic wall stress (UEWS) tests of filament wound glass fibre-reinforced epoxy composite pipes under hydrostatic, pure axial and pure hoop ... -
A new hybrid intelligent system for accurate detection of Parkinson's disease
(Elsevier, 2014-03)Elderly people are commonly affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) which is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders due to the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. People with PD's (PWP) may have difficulty in ... -
Electrical resistance tomography: a review of the application of conducting vessel walls
(Elsevier, 2014-03)Despite decades of research, the study on tomography continues to be a subject of great scientific interest. Amongst all the kinds of tomography available, electrical resistance tomography (ERT) has been chosen as the field ... -
Design and development of tracking system for mines detector robot
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014-01)This paper presents the design and development of tracking system for the mines detector robot. The scope for the tracking system covers two important tasks: 1. Design of optimum tracking path to cover maximum scanning ... -
Tribological properties of WS2 nanoparticles lubricants on aluminum-silicon alloy and carbon steels
(Walailak University, 2013-06)The rheological properties of nanometric tungsten disulphide (WS2) nanoparticles oil lubricants and its tribological performance with two hypereutectic Al-Si alloy and carbon steel are examined. These two oils are used to ... -
Effect of surface roughness of pure aluminium A1100 on the cold work extrusion by using different angles of taper die
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014-01)The study presented in this paper is focused on the effect of surfaces roughness of pure aluminium A1100 on the cold work extrusion process by three different angles of taper die. Different angles of taper die will affect ... -
Effect of roughness of hypo-and hyper-eutectic Al-Si piston alloy on wear characteristics under lubrication
(Elsevier B.V., 2013)The tribological behavior of tow Al-Si alloys under the influence of surface roughness average was investigated for the present study. The silicon content of these alloys ranged 10 and 16-wt% Si, and includes hypoeutectic ... -
Analysis of finger movement by using motion information from glovemap and motion capture system
(IJENS Publishers, 2013)Nowadays, through the advancement of science and technology, possibility of human finger provide information into computer is no longer question. Fingers movement and hand motion continuously being center of research in ... -
Surface electromyography for assessing triceps brachii muscle activities: A literature review
(Elsevier B.V., 2013)The goal of this review was to summarise the scientific findings of research conducted on the triceps brachii muscle using surface electromyography. To achieve this goal, we searched through several articles available from ... -
Design and development of a PC-based automated data logging system for measuring temperature
(Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN), 2013-11)Currently, accurate information of the temperature over time is required in medical, scientific, and various industrial applications. The objective of this work was to design and develop a fully automated microcontroller-based ... -
Classification of acute leukaemia cells using multilayer perceptron and simplified fuzzy ARTMAP neural networks
(Zarqa University, Jordan, 2013-07)Leukaemia is a cancer of blood that causes more death than any other cancers among children and young adults under the age of 20. This disease can be cured if it is detected and treated at the early stage. Based on this ... -
Design and development of an automated, portable and handheld tablet personal computer-based data acquisition system for monitoring electromyography signals during rehabilitation
(Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), 2013-03)This article describes the design of a robust, inexpensive, easy-to-use, small, and portable online electromyography acquisition system for monitoring electromyography signals during rehabilitation. This single-channel ... -
Coherence in muscle activity of the biceps brachii at middle, proximal and distal tendon region among the arm wrestling contestants
(Scientific Publishers of India, 2013)The aim of this study was to analyze the electromyographic (EMG) activity of biceps brachii (BB) muscle under the same muscle contraction in three different locations. For this reason, arm wrestling contest was conducted ... -
Rehabilitation systems for physically disabled patients: A brief review of sensor-based computerised signal-monitoring systems
(Scientific Publishers of India, 2013)This brief review addresses the existing systems and challenges and provides future recommendations on computer- and biosensor-assisted rehabilitation systems for physically disabled patients. We further list the types of ... -
Surface electromyography assessment of the biceps brachii muscle between the endplate region and distal tendon insertion: Comparison in terms of gender, dominant arm and contraction
(Society of Physical Therapy Science, 2013-01)[Purpose] In some earlier studies of electromyography (EMG) of the upper arm biceps brachii (BB), researchers preferred to place the electrodes on the middle of the biceps muscle to analyze its function. This study ... -
Accurate and effective method to smoothen grasping force signal of glovemap using gaussian filter
(IJENS Publishers, 2013-06)This paper presents the use of Gaussian filtering method to smoothen the grasping force signals by using computational Gaussian Algorithm. The finger grasping force signals are measured using a low cost DataGlove called ... -
Strength prediction and reliability of brittle epoxy adhesively bonded dissimilar joint
(Elsevier Ltd, 2013)This paper deals with strength and failure prediction as well as reliability issues of adhesive joints of brittle epoxy bonding of two dissimilar adherends. Effects of bond thickness and scarf angle upon the strength of ... -
Colour image segmentation approach for detection of malaria parasites using various colour models and k-means clustering
(World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2013-01)Malaria is a serious global health problem that is responsible for nearly one million deaths each year. With the large number of cases diagnosed over the year, rapid detection and accurate diagnosis of malaria infection ... -
Design of an intelligent diagnostic system for detection of knee injuries
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Knee injuries is quite common in sport injuries and one of the most frequent happen are anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries. There are two types of ACL injuries which are partial tear and complete tear. Currently ...