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The Impact of Assistive Software Application to Facilitate People with Dementia through Participatory Research (2020)
Journal Article
Asghar, I., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2020). The Impact of Assistive Software Application to Facilitate People with Dementia through Participatory Research. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 143, Article 102471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102471

Due to the ever-increasing number of people with dementia (PWD), the researchers are challenged with finding innovative ways for their wellbeing. This study explores the development and usability of a software application named the assistive brotherh... Read More about The Impact of Assistive Software Application to Facilitate People with Dementia through Participatory Research.

Modeling and Experimental Study of a Novel Multi-DOF Parallel Soft Robot (2020)
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Zhang, J., Wei, H., Shan, Y., Li, P., Zhao, Y., Qi, L., & Yu, H. (2020). Modeling and Experimental Study of a Novel Multi-DOF Parallel Soft Robot. IEEE Access, 8, 62932-62942. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.2983260

In view of the demand for flexible drive and large load of the soft robot in the practical application, a novel type of flexible-actuated multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) parallel soft robot is designed. The proposed robot in parallel combination... Read More about Modeling and Experimental Study of a Novel Multi-DOF Parallel Soft Robot.

Modelling and Motion Analysis of a Pill-Sized Hybrid Capsule Robot (2020)
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Huda, M. N., Liu, P., Saha, C., & Yu, H. (2020). Modelling and Motion Analysis of a Pill-Sized Hybrid Capsule Robot. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 100, 753–764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-020-01167-3

This paper presents a miniature hybrid capsule robot for minimally invasive in-vivo interventions such as capsule endoscopy within the GI (gastrointestinal) tract. It proposes new modes of operation for the hybrid robot namely hybrid mode and anchori... Read More about Modelling and Motion Analysis of a Pill-Sized Hybrid Capsule Robot.

Intelligent Control Interfaces Using Extenics Multidimensional Theory Applied on VIPRO Platforms for Developing the IT INDUSTRY 4.0 Concept (2019)
Journal Article
Vladareanu, L., Vladareanu, V., Yu, H., Mitroi, D., & Ciocîrlan, A. (2019). Intelligent Control Interfaces Using Extenics Multidimensional Theory Applied on VIPRO Platforms for Developing the IT INDUSTRY 4.0 Concept. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52(13), 922-927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.312

The paper presents new concepts and approaches to achieving intelligent control interfaces for solving contradictory problems using Extenics multidimensional theory applied on VIPRO Versatile Intelligent Portable Platforms. VIPRO platform enables dev... Read More about Intelligent Control Interfaces Using Extenics Multidimensional Theory Applied on VIPRO Platforms for Developing the IT INDUSTRY 4.0 Concept.

Adaptive neural network tracking control for underactuated systems with matched and mismatched disturbances (2019)
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Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2019). Adaptive neural network tracking control for underactuated systems with matched and mismatched disturbances. Nonlinear Dynamics, 98(2), 1447-1464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-019-05170-8

This paper studies neural network-based tracking control of underactuated systems with unknown parameters and with matched and mismatched disturbances. Novel adaptive control schemes are proposed with the utilization of multi-layer neural networks, a... Read More about Adaptive neural network tracking control for underactuated systems with matched and mismatched disturbances.

An empirical study on assistive technology supported travel and tourism for the people with dementia (2019)
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Asghar, I., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2020). An empirical study on assistive technology supported travel and tourism for the people with dementia. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 15(8), 933-944. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2019.1629119

Purpose: Research shows that people with disabilities have same desire for travel and tourism as others, but many constraints prevent them from independent travelling. Although the disabled tourism market is expanding, still there is lack of empirica... Read More about An empirical study on assistive technology supported travel and tourism for the people with dementia.

A soft continuum robot, with a large variable-stiffness range, based on jamming (2019)
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Zhao, Y., Shan, Y., Zhang, J., Guo, K., Qi, L., Han, L., & Yu, H. (2019). A soft continuum robot, with a large variable-stiffness range, based on jamming. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 14(6), Article 066007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ab3d1b

Inspired by the physiological structure of the hand capable of realizing the continuous change in finger stiffness when grasping objects of different masses, a self-locking soft continuum robot with a large variable-stiffness range based on particle... Read More about A soft continuum robot, with a large variable-stiffness range, based on jamming.

Single-Trial Classification of Different Movements on One Arm Based on ERD/ERS and Corticomuscular Coherence (2019)
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Tang, Z., Yu, H., Lu, C., Liu, P., & Jin, X. (2019). Single-Trial Classification of Different Movements on One Arm Based on ERD/ERS and Corticomuscular Coherence. IEEE Access, 7, 128185-128197. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2940034

Electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain-machine interface (BMI) is widely applied to control external devices like a wheel chair or a robotic arm, to restore motor function. EEG is useful to distinguish between left arm and right arm movements, howe... Read More about Single-Trial Classification of Different Movements on One Arm Based on ERD/ERS and Corticomuscular Coherence.

Mutual information inspired feature selection using kernel canonical correlation analysis (2019)
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Wang, Y., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2019). Mutual information inspired feature selection using kernel canonical correlation analysis. Expert Systems with Applications, 4, Article 100014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswax.2019.100014

This paper proposes a filter-based feature selection method by combining the measurement of kernel canonical correlation analysis (KCCA) with the mutual information (MI)-based feature selection method, named mRMJR-KCCA. The mRMJR-KCCA maximizes the r... Read More about Mutual information inspired feature selection using kernel canonical correlation analysis.

Leader-following consensus for high-order stochastic multi-agent systems via dynamic output feedback control (2019)
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You, X., Hua, C., Yu, H., & Guan, X. (2019). Leader-following consensus for high-order stochastic multi-agent systems via dynamic output feedback control. Automatica, 107, 418-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2019.06.006

This paper studies the leader-following consensus problem for high-order stochastic nonlinear multi-agent systems. Each agent is in the strict feedback form with nonlinear functions in drift and diffusion terms and admitting time-varying incremental... Read More about Leader-following consensus for high-order stochastic multi-agent systems via dynamic output feedback control.

A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care (2019)
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Wang, Y., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2019). A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care. Expert Systems with Applications, 137, 167-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.04.057

Increased life expectancy coupled with declining birth rates is leading to an aging population structure. Aging-caused changes, such as physical or cognitive decline, could affect people's quality of life, result in injuries, mental health or the lac... Read More about A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care.

Intelligent swarm firefly algorithm for the prediction of China's national electricity consumption (2019)
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Zhang, G., Chen, Y., Li, Y., Yu, H., Hu, H., & Wu, S. (2019). Intelligent swarm firefly algorithm for the prediction of China's national electricity consumption. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, 13(2), 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbic.2019.098407

China's energy consumption is the world's largest and is still rising, leading to concerns of energy shortage and environmental issues. It is, therefore, necessary to estimate the energy demand and to examine the dynamic nature of the electricity con... Read More about Intelligent swarm firefly algorithm for the prediction of China's national electricity consumption.

Performance Optimization of the IEEE 802.15.4-Based Link Quality Protocols for WBASNs/IoTs in a Hospital Environment Using Fuzzy Logic (2019)
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Akbar, M. S., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2019). Performance Optimization of the IEEE 802.15.4-Based Link Quality Protocols for WBASNs/IoTs in a Hospital Environment Using Fuzzy Logic. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(14), 5865-5877. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2019.2900009

The link quality protocols of the IEEE 802.15.4 show low performance in terms of reliability in a hospital environment. To achieve the optimal performance of these protocols, this paper proposes a fuzzy logic-based solution using a detailed empirical... Read More about Performance Optimization of the IEEE 802.15.4-Based Link Quality Protocols for WBASNs/IoTs in a Hospital Environment Using Fuzzy Logic.

Optimization RFID-enabled Retail Store Management with Complex Event Processing (2018)
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Peng, S., Liu, C., He, J., Yu, H., & Li, F. (2019). Optimization RFID-enabled Retail Store Management with Complex Event Processing. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 16(1), 52-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-018-1164-5

Radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled retail store management needs workflow optimization to facilitate real-time decision making. In this paper, complex event processing (CEP) based RFID-enabled retail store management is studied, particular... Read More about Optimization RFID-enabled Retail Store Management with Complex Event Processing.

Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and its Application in Classification (2018)
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Wang, H., Wei, J., Wen, S., Yu, H., & Zhang, X. (2018). Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and its Application in Classification. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 30(6), 921-926. https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2018.p0921

For improving the classification accuracy of the classifier, a novel classification methodology based on artificial bee colony algorithm is proposed for optimal feature and SVM parameters selection. In order to balance the ability of exploration and... Read More about Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and its Application in Classification.

Gait Evaluation Using Procrustes and Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis (2018)
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Anwary, A. R., Yu, H., & Vassallo, M. (2019). Gait Evaluation Using Procrustes and Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 23(5), 2021-2029. https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2018.2875812

Objective assessment of gait is important in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with different diseases. In this paper, we propose a gait evaluation system using Procrustes and Euclidean distance matrix analysis. We design and develop an an... Read More about Gait Evaluation Using Procrustes and Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis.

Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property (2018)
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Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2019). Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 74, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2018.10.016

This paper studies the dynamic frictional interactions of the underactuated vibro-driven capsule systems with the viscoelastic property. Frictional dynamics of the capsule systems is an active research domain, while the online implementation and cont... Read More about Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property.

Trajectory Synthesis and Optimization of an Underactuated Microrobotic System with Dynamic Constraints and Couplings (2018)
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Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2018). Trajectory Synthesis and Optimization of an Underactuated Microrobotic System with Dynamic Constraints and Couplings. International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 16(5), 2373-2383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-017-0192-7

Motivated by the desire to optimally control the friction-induced stick-slip locomotion and sufficiently improve the energy efficacy, a novel trajectory synthesis and optimization scheme is proposed in this paper for a underactuated microrobotic syst... Read More about Trajectory Synthesis and Optimization of an Underactuated Microrobotic System with Dynamic Constraints and Couplings.

Optimized adaptive tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system (2018)
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Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2018). Optimized adaptive tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system. Nonlinear Dynamics, 94(3), 1803-1817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-018-4458-9

This paper studies the issue of adaptive trajectory tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system and presents a novel motion generation framework. In this framework, feasible motion trajectory is derived through investigating dyn... Read More about Optimized adaptive tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system.

Impact evaluation of assistive technology support for the people with dementia (2018)
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Asghar, I., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2019). Impact evaluation of assistive technology support for the people with dementia. Assistive Technology: The Offical Journal of RESNA, 31(4), 180-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2017.1411405

This study explores important factors of assistive technology (AT) and evaluates their relative impact on AT effectiveness and retention. Questionnaire based survey is used for data collection from 327 people with dementia (PWD). This empirical study... Read More about Impact evaluation of assistive technology support for the people with dementia.