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Pick and place process for uniform shrinking of 3D printed micro- and nano-architected materials

Nature Communications, 2023
Two-photon polymerization lithography is promising for producing three-dimensional structures with user-defined micro- and nanoscale features. Additionally, shrinkage by thermolysis can readily shorten the lattice constant of three-dimensional photonic ...
Tomohiro Mori, Hao Wang, Wang Zhang, Chern Chia Ser, Deepshikha Arora, Cheng-Feng Pan, Hao Li, Jiabin Niu, M. A. Rahman, Takeshi Mori, Hideyuki Koishi, Joel K. W. Yang   +11 more
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Application of an adapted FMEA framework for robot-inclusivity of built environments

Scientific Reports, 2022
Mobile robots are deployed in the built environment at increasing rates. However, lack of considerations for a robot-inclusive planning has led to physical spaces that would potentially pose hazards to robots, and contribute to an overall productivity ...
Y. J. Ng, Matthew S. K. Yeo, Q. B. Ng, Michael Budig, M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, R. E. Mohan   +6 more
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Vision-based dirt distribution mapping using deep learning

Scientific Reports, 2023
Cleaning is a fundamental routine task in human life that is now handed over to leading-edge technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence.
Ishneet Sukhvinder Singh, I. D. Wijegunawardana, S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, Mohan Rajesh Elara   +4 more
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Remote drain inspection framework using the convolutional neural network and re-configurable robot Raptor

Scientific Reports, 2021
Drain blockage is a crucial problem in the urban environment. It heavily affects the ecosystem and human health. Hence, routine drain inspection is essential for urban environment.
Lee Ming Jun Melvin, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Archana Semwal, Povendhan Palanisamy, Karthikeyan Elangovan, Braulio Félix Gómez, Balakrishnan Ramalingam, Dylan Ng Terntzer   +7 more
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3D hierarchical architectures of CoSe2 nanoparticles embedded in rice‐derived hard carbon for advanced sodium storage

Carbon Neutralization, 2022
A low‐cost and feasible method to fabricate three‐dimensional (3D) hierarchical composites composed of CoSe2 nanoparticles embedded in rice‐derived hard carbon (HC) interconnected with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is devised in this study.
Congjian Lin, Jintao Zhang, Yew Von Lim, Dong Yan, Ke Li, Zhi Yi Leong, Sareh Vafakhah, Yifan Li, Arlindo Silva, Hui Ying Yang   +9 more
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A Novel Path Planning Strategy for a Cleaning Audit Robot Using Geometrical Features and Swarm Algorithms

Sensors, 2022
Robot-aided cleaning auditing is pioneering research that uses autonomous robots to assess a region’s cleanliness level by analyzing the dirt samples collected from various locations.
Thejus Pathmakumar, M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, Braulio Félix Gómez, Mohan Rajesh Elara   +4 more
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Tweaking Product Design and Development [PDF]

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 2020
New faculty faced with preparation for a course in product design and development mustaddress a wide range of topics ranging from entrepreneurship to hard core engineering. Someresources available to the faculty are heavy on the business side of the problem and somewhatlighter on the technological and engineering side. To more effectively balance these
Bill Crockford P.E., Bruce Hamby
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High-resolution light field prints by nanoscale 3D printing

Nature Communications, 2021
Light field prints displaying 3D information often appear pixelated due to limited resolution and misalignment between lenses and colour pixels. Here, the authors present a one-step process via two-photon polymerization lithography to fabricate light ...
John You En Chan, Qifeng Ruan, Menghua Jiang, Hongtao Wang, Hao Wang, Wang Zhang, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Joel K. W. Yang   +7 more
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Ensuring Area Coverage and Safety of a Reconfigurable Staircase Cleaning Robot

IEEE Access, 2021
Multistorey buildings are rapidly constructing with the current world development. Cleaning of these buildings is a major concern due to several issues such as scarcity of labor. Cleaning robots are developed to cope with these issues.
M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, Prabakaran Veerajagadheswar, Mohan Rajesh Elara   +3 more
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Modeling and Analysis of the Cleaning System of a Reconfigurable Tiling Robot

IEEE Access, 2020
Cleaning robots have been gaining traction amongst various industries globally, with domestic floor cleaning robots being the most widespread. These robots usually employ brushes with a vacuum unit for dry cleaning purposes.
Rizuwana Parween, Leong Tze Lyn Clarissa, Min Yan Naing, Nur Aqilah Fitri Binte Mohamad Fuad, Mohan Rajesh Elara   +4 more
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