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Recent advancements in IoT technologies have underscored the importance of using sensor data to understand environmental contexts effectively. This paper introduces a novel embedded system designed to autonomously label sensor data directly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Tianheng Ling , Islam Mansour , Chao Qian , Gregor Schiele

Micromobility, which utilizes lightweight mobile machines moving in urban public spaces, such as delivery robots and mobility scooters, emerges as a promising alternative to vehicular mobility. Current micromobility depends mostly on human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Wayne Wu , Honglin He , Chaoyuan Zhang , Jack He , Seth Z. Zhao , Ran Gong , Quanyi Li , Bolei Zhou

In this paper we present a novel application of detecting fruit picker activities based on time series data generated from wearable sensors. During harvesting, fruit pickers pick fruit into wearable bags and empty these bags into harvesting…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Joel Janek Dabrowski , Ashfaqur Rahman

Label-free biosensors, including conventional quartz-crystal-microbalance (QCM) biosensor, are seriously affected by nonspecific adsorption of contaminants involved in analyte solution, and it is exceptionally difficult to extract the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Kentaro Noi , Arihiro Iwata , Fumihito Kato , Hirotsugu Ogi

Shape transformation, a key mechanism for organismal survival and adaptation, has gained importance across fields as diverse as electronics and medicine. However, designing and controlling microscale shape-shifting materials remains a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Zhiyuan Zhang , Zhan Shi , Daniel Ahmed

Today's densely instrumented world offers tremendous opportunities for continuous acquisition and analysis of multimodal sensor data providing temporal characterization of an individual's behaviors. Is it possible to efficiently couple such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-09-03 Homa Hosseinmardi , Amir Ghasemian , Shrikanth Narayanan , Kristina Lerman , Emilio Ferrara

High-accuracy microwave sensing is widely demanded in various fields, ranging from cosmology to microwave quantum technology. Quantum receivers based on inorganic solid-state spin systems are promising candidates for such purpose because of…

Programmable, intelligent surfaces can manipulate electromagnetic waves impinging upon them, producing arbitrarily shaped reflection, refraction and diffraction, to the benefit of wireless users. Moreover, in their recent form of…

This research presents a smart urinary health monitoring system incorporating a coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed slot-loop antenna biosensor designed to analyse various urine samples. The antenna demonstrates distinct resonant frequency shifts…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Khan Masood Parvez , Sk Md Abidar Rahaman , Ali Shiri Sichani , Hadi AliAkbarpour

Efficient waste management and recycling heavily rely on garbage exploration and identification. In this study, we propose GSA2Seg (Garbage Segmentation and Attribute Analysis), a novel visual approach that utilizes quadruped robotic dogs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Nuo Xu , Jianfeng Liao , Qiwei Meng , Wei Song

This paper describes a system whereby a robot detects and track human-meaningful navigational cues as it navigates in an indoor environment. It is intended as the sensor front-end for a mobile robot system that can communicate its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Payam Nikdel , Richard Vaughan

A high-power acoustic sensor, capable of detecting and tracking persons through steel walls of cargo containers, trailer truck bodies, and train cars, has been developed and demonstrated. The sensor is based on a new concept for narrowband…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-07-07 Franklin Felber

With the increasing number of IoT devices, there is a growing demand for energy-free sensors. Human activity recognition holds immense value in numerous daily healthcare applications. However, the majority of current sensing modalities…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-11 Kaede Shintani , Hamada Rizk , Hirozumi Yamaguchi

This paper presents a flexible standalone, low-cost smart home system, which is based on the Android app communicating with the micro-web server providing more than the switching functionalities. The Arduino Ethernet is used to eliminate…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-02-11 Shiu Kumar

Friction is the essential mediator of terrestrial locomotion, yet in robotic systems it is almost always treated as a passive property fixed by surface materials and conditions. Here, we introduce ultrasonic lubrication as a method to…

This paper presents a novel soft tactile skin (STS) technology operating with sound waves. In this innovative approach, the sound waves generated by a speaker travel in channels embedded in a soft membrane and get modulated due to a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Vishnu Rajendran S , Willow Mandil , Simon Parsons , Amir Ghalamzan E

Haptic feedback is essential for human-machine interaction, as it bridges physical and digital experiences and enables immersive engagement with virtual environments. However, current haptic devices are frequently tethered, lack portability…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Ziang Cui , Shanyong Wang , Yining Zhao , Yiran Wang , Xingming Wen , Siyuan Chen , Ze Xiong

Conventional suction cups lack sensing capabilities for contact-aware manipulation in unstructured environments. This paper presents FlexiCup, a multimodal suction cup with wireless electronics that integrate dual-zone vision-tactile…

Rehabilitation of aging pipes requires accurate condition assessment and mapping far into the pipe interiors. Soft growing vine robot systems are particularly promising for navigating confined, sinuous paths such as in pipes, but are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-03 William E. Heap , Yimeng Qin , Kai Hammond , Anish Bayya , Haonon Kong , Allison M. Okamura

The ability to live without being controlled by any action, judgment and any outside factors including any opinions and regulations is defined by the term Independent. But in reality physical movement for travelling or simply walking…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-11 Arnesh Sen , Kaustav Sen , Jayoti Das