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Automatic Real-Time Fever Screening in a Thermal Video Surveillance System
Automatic identification of elevated human body temperature has become a topic of interest in health-care monitoring systems. The use …
Ghazal Rouhafzay, Angel J. Valencia, Stephen Rowlands, Shengsong Yang, Pierre Payeur
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Deformation Modeling for the Robotic Manipulation of 3D Elastic Objects Using Physics-Informed Graph Neural Networks
The ability to estimate the motion of objects is crucial for robotic agents to act and interact in their environments. This is …
Angel J. Valencia, Pierre Payeur
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Building 3D Deformable Object Models in Partially Observable Robotic Environments
Building 3D models is an important step to perform more autonomous and dexterous manipulation on deformable objects. Current techniques …
Narmadha Sambandam, Stephen Rowlands, Angel J Valencia, Pierre Payeur, Ana-Maria Cretu
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Toward a General Framework for 3D Deformable Object Grasping and Manipulation
The intelligent handling of deformable objects by robotic manipulators has enabled the automation of various delicate or …
Felix Nadon, Angel J Valencia, Narmadha Sambandam, Stephen Rowlands, James Dickens, Pierre Payeur
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Toward Real-Time 3D Shape Tracking of Deformable Objects for Robotic Manipulation and Shape Control
Dexterous robotic manipulation of complex nonrigid objects is a requirement for automating many delicate tasks. This work explores …
Angel J. Valencia, Félix Nadon, Pierre Payeur
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A 3D Vision Based Approach for Optimal Grasp of Vacuum Grippers
In general, robot grasping approaches are based on the usage of multi-finger grippers. However, when large size objects need to be …
A. J. Valencia, R. M. Idrovo, A. D. Sappa, D. P. Guingla, D. Ochoa
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Enhancing the Performance of the Particle Filtering Optimization Algorithm for the Tuning of PID Controllers
PID controllers are widely used in the control of industrial processes. Proper performance of the PID compensator is achieved when …
Douglas A. Plaza-Guingla, Roger M. Idrovo, Angel J. Valencia, Carlos Salazar Lopez
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