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  • Natural landmark-based autonomous navigation using curvature scale space 
    Durrant-Whyte Hugh; Madhavan Raj; Dissanayake Gamini (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2002)
    This paper describes a terrain-aided navigation system that employs points of maximum curvature extracted from laser scan data as primary landmarks. A scale space method is used to extract points of maximum curvature ...
  • NavOptim Coding: Web Navigational Construction to Minimise Navigation Effort 
    Kong Xiaoying; Lowe David (Norsearch Reprographics, 2005)
    Web applications have rapidly become critical to the interaction that organisations have with their external stakeholders. A major factor in the effectiveness of this interaction is the ease with which users can locate ...
  • Neuro-Sliding Mode Multivariable Control of a Powered Wheelchair 
    Nguyen Tuan; Nguyen Hung; Su Steven (IEEE, 2008)
    This paper proposes a neuro-sliding mode multivariable control approach for the control of a powered wheelchair system. In the first stage, a systematic decoupling technique is applied to the wheelchair system in order to ...
  • A new decentralized fault tolerant control strategy and the fault accommodation of coupled drives 
    Su Steven; Nguyen Jordan; Jarman Robert; Huang Shoudong; Chen Weidong; Celler Branko; Bao Jie; Lee Peter; Weng Kaili (University of Technology, Sydney, 2007)
  • New Framework for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Multi Map SLAM 
    Herath Herath Mudiyanselage; Kodagoda Sarath; Dissanayake Gamini (IEEE, 2008)
    The main contribution of this paper arise from the development of a new framework for the problem of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in the domain of stereo vision based robot navigation. The new framework has ...
  • New Model to estimate Mean Blood Pressure by Heart Rate with Stroke Volume Changing Influence 
    Al-Jaafreh Moha'Med; Al-Jumaily Adel (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2006)
    Mean Blood Pressure (MBP) has high correlation with Heart Rate (HR), but such e relationship between them is ambiguous and nonlinear. This paper investigates establishing an accurate mathematical model to estimate MBP ...
  • A new observation model for B-Spline SLAM 
    Liu Minjie; Huang Shoudong; Dissanayake Gamini (Australian Robotics and Automation Association Inc., 2009)
    Recently, a novel laser data based SLAM algorithm using B-Spline as features has been developed in [Pedraza et al., 2007]. EKF is used in the proposed BS-SLAM algorithm and the state vector contains the current robot pose ...
  • A New System-On-Programmable-Chip (SOPC) for Smart Car Braking Control 
    Yu Ying Hao; Kwok Ngai Ming; Ha Quang (Assumption University Thailand, 2008)
    This paper presents a new system- on-programmable chip (SOPC) design for vehicle braking control systems. Unlike the conventional control theoretic or fuzzy logic control approaches, where control signals are mostly computed ...
  • Next Generation of DC Power Transmission Technology Using High Tc Superconducting Cables 
    Zhang J.; Guo Youguang; Jin Jianxun; Zhan Yuedong; Zhu Jianguo (Curtin University of Technology, 2007)
    High Tc superconducting (HTS) cables and their application to develop a DC electrical power transmission system with the advantages of high transport current capability, low resistive loss, and compact systems have ...
  • A nonlinear dynamic model for heart rate response to treadmill walking exercise 
    Savkin Andrey; Celler Branko; Cheng Teddy; Wang Lu; Su Steven (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2007)
    A dynamic model of the heart rate response to treadmill walking exercise is presented. The model is a feedback interconnected system; the subsystem in the forward path represents the neural response to exercise, while ...
  • Non-linear Inductances of a Premanent Magnet Linear Motor 
    Zhu Jianguo; Lu Haiwei; Guo Youguang (Victoria University, 2006)
    The inductances of an electric machine are those of the most important parameters for the system modelling, performance simulation and controller design. In addition, the variations of the winding inductances, which ...
  • Nonlinear modeling of cardiovascular response to exercise 
    Wang Lu; Su Steven; Chan Gregory; Celler Branko; Cheng Teddy; Savkin Andrey (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, 2008)
  • Nonlinear modelling and control of heart rate response to treadmill walking exercise 
    Cheng Teddy; Savkin Andrey; Celler Branko; Su Steven; Wang Lu (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, 2008)
    In this study, a nonlinear system was developed for the modelling of the heart rate response to treadmill walking exercise. The model is a feedback interconnected system which can represent the neural response and peripheral ...
  • Nonparametric Hammerstein Model Based Model Predictive Control for Heart Rate Regulation 
    Su Steven; Huang Shoudong; Wang Lu; Celler Branko; Savkin Andrey; Guo Ying; Cheng Teddy (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2007)
    This paper proposed a novel nonparametric model based model predictive control approach for the regulation of heart rate during treadmill exercise. As the model structure of human cardiovascular system is often hard to ...
  • A novel dynamic absorber using enhanced magnetorheological elastomers for powertrain vibration control 
    Zhang Nong; Du Haiping; Hoang Nga (Trans Tech Publications, 2008)
    This paper presents a novel Adaptive Tuned Vibration Absorber (ATVA) using the enhanced magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) for powertrain vibration reduction. The MRE material used in this application includes micro-sized ...
  • Numerical Prediction of Vadose Zone Behaviour Influenced by Vegetation 
    Indraratna Buddhima; Fatahi Behzad; Khabbaz Hadi (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2006)
    Bioengineering aspects of native vegetation are currently, and rapidly, being evolved to improve soil stiffness, slope stabilisation, and erosion control. Apart from the reinforcement effect, tree roots establish sufficient ...
  • Numerical Simulation of a PMSM Model Considering Saturation Saliency for Initial Rotor Position Estimation 
    Yan Ying; Zhu Jianguo; Guo Youguang; Jin Jianxun (Beihang University Press, 2008)
    With the wide application of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), particularly the surface mounted type, the limitations of the conventional PMSM model have become apparent, in which no saturation saliency is ...
  • Numerical Visualization of Air Short-Circuiting in a Small Two-Stroke SI Engine 
    Mack Austin; Menolotto Fabian; Hong Guang; Main Scott; Jamieson C (Society of Automotive Engineers, 2004)
    A 3-D CFD model for a small two-stroke SI engine has been developed using a commercial code. The model simulates the scavenging process from the exhaust port opening to closing. The fluid in this model is air only. RNG ...
  • Observation of Magnetization Processes in Soft Magnetic Composite 
    Lin Zhi Wei (Jack); Zhu Jianguo; Guo Youguang (AIP, 2008)
    A magneto-optical imaging technique has been employed to visualize magnetization processes of soft magnetic composite material. The profiles of reflected light intensity of magneto-optical images at the sample surface were ...
  • Obstacle avoidance for power wheelchair using Bayesian neural network 
    Nguyen Hung; Trieu Tuyen; Willey Keith (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2007)
    In this paper we present a real-time obstacle avoidance algorithm using a Bayesian neural network for a laser based wheelchair system. The raw laser data is modified to accommodate the wheelchair dimensions, allowing ...