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BabyGlove : a device to study hand motion control development in infants
Presentation / Conference
Tsagarakis, N., Rosander, K., Kenward, B., Caldwell, D., & von Hofsten, C. BabyGlove : a device to study hand motion control development in infants. Presented at EuroHaptics 2006, 3rd-6th July 2006

DataGlove input devices provide natural input control of
interaction in virtual, multimodal and telepresence
environments as they can monitor the dexterity and
flexibility characteristics of the human hand motion. In this
paper a new miniature ha... Read More about BabyGlove : a device to study hand motion control development in infants.

Lower body design of the ‘iCub’ a human-baby like crawling robot
Presentation / Conference
Tsagarakis, N., Sinclair, M., Becchi, F., Metta, G., Sandini, G., & Caldwell, D. Lower body design of the ‘iCub’ a human-baby like crawling robot. Presented at 2006 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Genova, Italy

The development of robotic cognition and a greater understanding of human cognition form two of the current greatest challenges of science. Within the RobotCub project the goal is the development of an embodied robotic child (iCub) with the physical... Read More about Lower body design of the ‘iCub’ a human-baby like crawling robot.

Exploring the use of local consistency measures as thresholds for dead reckoning update packet generation
Presentation / Conference
Delaney, D., Marshall, D., McLoone, S., Roberts, D., Aspin, R., & Ward, T. Exploring the use of local consistency measures as thresholds for dead reckoning update packet generation. Presented at Ninth IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, Montreal, QC, Canada

Human-to-human interaction across distributed applications requires that sufficient consistency be maintained among participants in the face of network characteristics such as latency and limited bandwidth. Techniques and approaches for reducing band... Read More about Exploring the use of local consistency measures as thresholds for dead reckoning update packet generation.

Comparison of head gaze and head and eye gaze within an immersive environment
Presentation / Conference
Roberts, D., & Murray, N. Comparison of head gaze and head and eye gaze within an immersive environment. Presented at 10th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, Malaga, Spain

For efficient collaboration between participants, eye gaze is seen as being critical for interaction. Teleconferencing
systems such as the AcessGrid allow users to meet across geographically disparate rooms but as of now there seems no substitute fo... Read More about Comparison of head gaze and head and eye gaze within an immersive environment.

An immersive assembly and maintenance simulation environment
Presentation / Conference
Fernando, T., & Murray, N. An immersive assembly and maintenance simulation environment. Presented at 8th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, Budapest, Hungary

This paper outlines the development of a virtual environment for constraint based assembly and maintenance task simulation and analysis of large scale mechanical products. It is important that allowance is made for maintenance activities during a pro... Read More about An immersive assembly and maintenance simulation environment.

Anthropomorphic vs non-anthropomorphic software interface feedback for online factual delivery
Presentation / Conference
Murano, P. Anthropomorphic vs non-anthropomorphic software interface feedback for online factual delivery. Presented at Seventh International Conference on Information Visualization, London, United Kingdom

We follow on from a group of internationally published papers in the area of investigating anthropomorphic user interface feedback. An experiment is described which aims to examine the effectiveness and user approval issues of anthropomorphic versus... Read More about Anthropomorphic vs non-anthropomorphic software interface feedback for online factual delivery.

Tele-operated high speed anthropomorphic dextrous hands with object shape and texture identification
Presentation / Conference
Chua, P., Bezdicek, M., Davis, S., Caldwell, D., & Gray, J. Tele-operated high speed anthropomorphic dextrous hands with object shape and texture identification. Presented at 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China

This paper reports on the development of two number of robotic hands have been developed which focus on tele-operated high speed anthropomorphic dextrous robotic hands. The aim of developing these hands was to achieve a system that seamlessly interfa... Read More about Tele-operated high speed anthropomorphic dextrous hands with object shape and texture identification.

Machine learning challenges to revolutionise hearing device processing
Presentation / Conference
Graetzer, S., Cox, T., Barker, J., Akeroyd, M., Culling, J., & Naylor, G. Machine learning challenges to revolutionise hearing device processing. Poster presented at Speech in Noise (SPiN) 2020, Toulouse, France

In this project, we will run a series of machine learning challenges to revolutionise speech processing for hearing devices. Over five years, there will be three paired challenges. Each pair will consist of a challenge focussed on hearing-device proc... Read More about Machine learning challenges to revolutionise hearing device processing.

Dual frequency band amplitude panning for multichannel audio systems
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, R., Franck, A., Cox, T., Shirley, B., & Fazi, F. Dual frequency band amplitude panning for multichannel audio systems. Presented at 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science, Tokyo, Japan

Panning laws for multi-loudspeaker setups, for example vector base amplitude panning, are typically derived based
on either low or high frequency assumptions. It is well known, however, that auditory cues for both localization and loudness differ at... Read More about Dual frequency band amplitude panning for multichannel audio systems.

The room-in-room effect and its influence on perceived room size in spatial audio reproduction
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, R., Cox, T., Shirley, B., & Power, P. The room-in-room effect and its influence on perceived room size in spatial audio reproduction. Presented at 141st Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Los Angeles, USA

In spatial audio it can be desirable to give the impression of a target space (e.g. a church). Often the reproduction environment is assumed acoustically dead; in practice most listening spaces (e.g. domestic living rooms) introduce significant refle... Read More about The room-in-room effect and its influence on perceived room size in spatial audio reproduction.

Harnessing public and patient involvement for upper limb prosthetics design
Presentation / Conference
Donovan-Hall, M., Chadwell, A., Morgado Ramirez, D., Ssekitoleko, R., Sobuh, M., & Kenney, L. Harnessing public and patient involvement for upper limb prosthetics design. Presented at Trent International Prosthetics Symposium, Salford

Increasing numbers of people in Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs ) are living with upper
limb absence, however, access to P&O services are limited. This can have a devastating impact
on engagement in activities of daily living, as when living a... Read More about Harnessing public and patient involvement for upper limb prosthetics design.

Prosthetics services in Uganda : a series of studies to inform the design of a low cost, but fit-for-purpose, body-powered prosthesis
Preprint / Working Paper

The majority of people with upper limb absence (PWULA) live in lower, or middle-income countries (LMICs). However, efforts to develop improved prostheses have largely focused on electrically powered devices, sustainable deployment of which, in LMICs,... Read More about Prosthetics services in Uganda : a series of studies to inform the design of a low cost, but fit-for-purpose, body-powered prosthesis.

R2SPIN : re-recording the Revised Speech Perception in Noise Test
Presentation / Conference
Ward, L., Robinson, C., Paradis, M., Tucker, K., & Shirley, B. R2SPIN : re-recording the Revised Speech Perception in Noise Test. Presented at 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association

Speech in noise tests are an important clinical and research toolfor understanding speech perception in realistic, adverse listen-ing conditions. Though relatively simple to implement, theirdevelopment is time and resource intensive. As a result,... Read More about R2SPIN : re-recording the Revised Speech Perception in Noise Test.

Determining and labeling the preference dimensions of spatial audio replay
Presentation / Conference
Francombe, J., Brookes, T., Mason, R., & Woodcock, J. Determining and labeling the preference dimensions of spatial audio replay. Presented at QoMEX 2016, Lisbon, Portugal

There are many spatial audio reproduction systems currently in domestic use (e.g. mono, stereo, surround sound, sound bars, and headphones). In an experiment, pairwise pref-erence magnitude ratings for a range of such systems were collected from trai... Read More about Determining and labeling the preference dimensions of spatial audio replay.

A high-frequency BEM for 3D acoustic scattering
Presentation / Conference
Hargreaves, J., Lam, Y., Langdon, S., & Hewitt, D. A high-frequency BEM for 3D acoustic scattering. Presented at 22nd International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Florence. Italy

The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is a powerful method for simulating scattering of acoustic waves which has many advantages, particularly when the problem concerns an object in an unbounded medium. Its applications are however limited in practice be... Read More about A high-frequency BEM for 3D acoustic scattering.

Acoustic cross-energy measures and their applications
Presentation / Conference
Hargreaves, J., & Lam, Y. Acoustic cross-energy measures and their applications. Presented at The 22nd International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Florence. Italy

Acoustic energy density and acoustic intensity are quantities which are well established and widely applied. When these are applied to pressure and particle-velocity fields which are the linear superposition of more than one wave they naturally separ... Read More about Acoustic cross-energy measures and their applications.