The discussions by the International Maritime Organization for the introduction of a maritime autonomous surface ship (MASS) began in earnest. At the 27th ENAV meeting, the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authori...
This paper presents a validation methodology for a remote system with its objective focused on a social robot. The research process starts with the customization of an application for smartphones, achieving a simple method of connection and attachmen...
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) raise safety and regulatory challenges that extend beyond technical reliability. This study builds on a published system-theoretic process analysis (STPA) of degraded operations that identified 92 loss scenar...
Much of the research and proposed industrial deployment of Remote Operations (ROs) in support of automated vehicles is founded on the optimistic premise that in-vehicle standby drivers and Safety Officers (SOs) can easily be replaced with ROs, with s...
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) has been developed recently, and demonstration projects have been carried out internationally. Considering the full autonomous level is unlikely to be addressed shortly, remote control centre and Remote Operato...
A remote operator (RO) of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) is required to respond to the effects of external forces, such as tidal currents, and ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable navigation. However, previous studies primarily focus on...
This study addresses the ’last-mile’ transportation challenges that arise in steep and narrow forest terrain by proposing a novel robotic palanquin system called roCaGo. It is inspired by the mechanical principles of two-wheel-steering an...
The market share of Last-Mile Delivery Robots (LMDRs) has grown rapidly over the past few years. These robots are mostly autonomous and supported remotely by human operators. As part of a broader shift toward sustainable urban logistics, LMDRs are se...
A system for integrated optical LiNbO3 Mach–Zehnder modulator operating point remote control and stabilization was developed. It consisted of a conventional telecom photodiode and a passive electronic circuit at the bias input of the modulator....
The use of renewable energy for desalination started in the 1980s, in order to provide a sustainable water supply in windy/sunny areas with water shortages. Nevertheless, this initiative has been generally limited to the R&D field and prototypes,...
This study advances prior work on the remote control of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADASs) by introducing a full manual teleoperation mode that enables remote control over both longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics via accelerator, brake,...
Securing a freshwater supply for personnel engaged in remote maritime operations remains a persistent logistical challenge. This paper presents the design, hydraulic simulation, and experimental validation of a compact, manually operated seawater des...
The vigorous development of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) has led to a boom in GNSS radio occultation (GNSS RO) and GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) techniques. Consequently, we have proposed an innovative signal processing scheme for spac...
Islas Huichas, located in Chile’s remote Aysén region, has long faced water scarcity due to a lack of natural sources. The community relies on rainwater collection pools managed by the Rural Drinking Water Committee (RDWC), which face in...
There is increasing interest in membrane systems powered by renewable energy sources, including solar and wind, that are suitable for decentralized water supply in islands and remote regions. These membrane systems are often operated intermittently w...
Wheeled lifting robots have found widespread applications in various industrial and logistical environments. However, traditional robots are far from adequate in terms of visual perception capabilities. Additionally, their remote control methods suff...
This paper presents an implementation of RoSA, a Robot System Assistant, for safe and intuitive human-machine interaction. The interaction modalities were chosen and previously reviewed using a Wizard of Oz study emphasizing a strong propensity for s...
The development of efficient and sustainable water recycling systems is essential for long-term human missions and the establishment of space habitats on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Humidity condensate (HC) is a low-strength wastewater that is curren...
The integration of Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination with Renewable Energy (RE) sources offers a sustainable approach to freshwater production, particularly in remote and off-grid regions. However, the variable and intermittent output of RE power can...
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Seawater or brackish water desalination is largely powered by fossil fuels, raising concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the arid Middle East region. Many steps have been taken to implement solar resources to this issue; however,...
This paper presents a solution for enabling the coexistence of digitized radio-over-fiber (D-RoF) and analog radio-over-fiber (A-RoF) interfaces operating in the optical fronthaul of 5G mobile systems. In the first section, we formulate the need to i...
Ship detection is an important topic in the task of understanding remote sensing images. One of the challenges for ship detection is the large length–width ratio of ships, which may weaken the feature extraction ability. Simultaneously, ships i...
The supply of freshwater has become a worldwide interest, due to serious water shortages in many countries. Due to rapid increases in the population, poor water management, and limitations of freshwater resources, Egypt is currently below the water s...
This study proposes and implements a hierarchical communication system for inspection robots operating in practical caged broiler houses, where confined aisles, multi-tier cages, dust, humidity, and fluctuating wireless coverage impose challenges on...
As autonomous driving technologies advance, the need for human-in-the-loop systems becomes increasingly critical to ensure safety, adaptability, and public confidence. This paper presents the design and evaluation of a context-aware immersive teleope...
Nowadays, several technologies for desalination processes are available and widely employed. However, they consume a considerable amount of energy and involve high capital and operating costs. Therefore, the techno-economic analysis of a system coupl...
Knowledge of ionospheric plasma altitudinal distribution is crucial for the effective operation of radio wave propagation, communication, and navigation systems. High-frequency sounding radars—ionosondes—provide unbiased benchmark measure...
To enable mains-free wireless access in confined environments such as tunnels and mines, this paper proposes and experimentally demonstrates a converged power-over-fiber (PoF) and analog radio-over-fiber (A-RoF) system over a single standard single-m...
Tools for remote radiation sensing are essential for environmental safety and nuclear power applications. The use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) equipped with sensors allows for substantially reducing the radiation exposure of personnel. An ambien...
Organoselenium chemistry has undergone remarkable development over the past five decades, evolving from its initial association with high toxicity into a field with pivotal contributions to materials science, organic synthesis, catalysis, and Medicin...
Immersive teleoperation of quadruped robots requires the operator to interpret a remote environment, make decisions, and maintain control over a dynamic platform through mediated visual feedback and networked command transmission. This study presents...
Human detection and tracking is an important task in artificial intelligent robotic systems, which usually require a robust target detector to work in a variety of circumstances. In complex environments where a camera is installed on a wheeled mobile...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for effective disinfection strategies in order to minimize human exposure and reduce the risk of contagion in indoor environments. Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) irradiation has proven to be an effective solution for...
Global Navigation Satellite Systems’ radio occultation (GNSS-RO) provides the upper troposphere-lower stratosphere (UTLS) vertical atmospheric profiles that are complementing radiosonde and reanalysis data. Such data are employed in the numeric...
This paper presents Aerokinesis, an IoT-based software–hardware system for intuitive gesture-driven control of quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), developed within the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) framework. The proposed system addre...
The integration of robotics and mobile networks (5G/6G) through the Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) is revolutionizing telemedicine, enabling remote physician participation in scenarios where specialists are scarce, where there is a high risk to th...
This research describes the development of an autonomous robotic triage system, carried out by a student through project-based and challenge-based learning methodologies, aimed at solving real-world problems using applied technologies. The system ope...
The cloud robotics paradigm aims at enhancing the abilities of robots by using cloud services, but it still poses several challenges in the research community. Most of the current literature focuses on how to enrich specific robotic capabilities, ove...
There are activities in viticulture and mariculture that require extreme physical endurance from human workers, making them prime candidates for automation and robotization. This paper presents a novel, practical, heterogeneous, autonomous robotic sy...
The need for intervention in underwater environments has increased in recent years but there is still a long way to go before AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicleswill be able to cope with really challenging missions. Nowadays, the solution adopted is...
A Digital Twin is the concept of creating a digital replica of physical models (such as a robot). This is similar to establishing a simulation using a robot operating system (ROS) or other industrial-owned platforms to simulate robot operations and s...
The deployment of large remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) typically requires support vessels, crane systems, and specialized personnel, resulting in increased logistical complexity and operational costs. In th...
Efficient and robust search and rescue actions are always required when natural or technical disasters occur. Empowered by remote sensing techniques, building damage assessment can be achieved by fusing aerial images of pre- and post-disaster environ...
This article presents the design, implementation, and validation of a Remotely Piloted Safety Cone (RPSC), an autonomous robotic system developed to enhance safety and operational efficiency in road maintenance. The RPSC addresses challenges associat...
In order to meet the ever-increasing 5G and beyond Radio Access Network (RAN) densification demands, Fiber-Wireless transport networks are expected to play a key role in accelerating 5G deployment by providing the essential RAN flexibility, while at...
In China, a single large deep-sea net cage can raise nearly one million fish. If the fish net is damaged and the fish escape, it can lead to significant economic losses and ecological damage. Therefore, the inspection and maintenance of deep-sea aqua...
Robotic manipulators have become part of manufacturing systems in recent decades. However, in the realm of Industry 4.0, a new type of manufacturing cell has been introduced—the so-called collaborative manufacturing cell. In such collaborative...
This paper presents an open-source ROS 2 navigation and sensor platform for quadruped robots, demonstrated on Boston Dynamics Spot in a laboratory environment. The platform integrates SLAM Toolbox for mapping and localisation, Navigation2 with MPPI a...
The integration of intelligent robots in industrial production processes has the potential to significantly enhance efficiency and reduce human adversity. However, for such robots to effectively operate within human environments, it is critical that...
To address the issues of subcarrier orthogonality loss and inter-carrier interference (ICI) caused by carrier frequency offset (CFO), this paper proposes and experimentally validates a frequency offset estimation (FOE)-assisted dual-domain Transforme...
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