Academic Articles & Research Papers

Soft Pneumatic Bending Actuator with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Displacement Sensor

The excellent compliance and large range of motion of soft actuators controlled by fluid pressure has lead to strong interest in applying devices of this type for biomimetic and human-robot interaction applications. However, in contrast to ...

QG-WRN: A Quantum-Enhanced Graph Convolutional Wide Residual Network for ASD Diagnosis via Neuroimaging Sensing Technology

The pathological mechanism of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibits dual heterogeneity: abnormal local energy metabolism and brain-wide high-order topological failure. To synergistically characterize these complex signals captured by adva...

Purple reign: the outsized impact and potential of Chromobacterium on quorum sensing research.

A Secure, Intelligent, and Smart-Sensing Approach for Industrial System Automation and Transmission over Unsecured Wireless Networks

In Industrial systems, Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, the pseudo-transport layer of the distributed network protocol (DNP3) performs the functions of the transport layer and network layer of the open systems interc...

6G Beyond Radio: From Connecting Devices to Sensing the World

Future sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to evolve beyond traditional communication infrastructures and incorporate native sensing and environmental awareness capabilities. While previous generations primarily focused on ...

Oblique Back-Illumination Microscopy Enables Phase-Gradient Optical Sensing of Malaria-Induced Intracellular Heterogeneity.

Large Language Models and 3D Vision for Intelligent Robotic Perception and Autonomy

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and robotics, the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with 3D vision is emerging as a transformative approach to enhancing robotic sensing technologies. This convergence enables ...

Remote Sensing for Operational Surveillance of Mosquito-Borne Diseases.

TranSDet: Toward Effective Transfer Learning for Small-Object Detection

Small-object detection is a challenging task in computer vision due to the limited training samples and low-quality images. Transfer learning, which transfers the knowledge learned from a large dataset to a small dataset, is a popular metho...

Studying the causes of humidity fluctuations in food products within industrial environments

The production of processed foods and animal nutrition requires precise control over product characteristics to ensure consistent quality. Unexpected fluctuations in key parameters, particularly humidity, can lead to significant financial l...

Hyperspectral Methane Plume Segmentation Through Foundation Computer Vision Models

Efficient large-scale monitoring of methane emissions is crucial for sustainable environmental management, necessitating advanced remote sensing techniques that process hyperspectral imagery to provide detailed insights into the Earth&#x201...

Estimating Black Oat Biomass Using Digital Surface Models and a Vegetation Index Derived from RGB-Based Aerial Images

Responsible for food production and industry inputs, agriculture needs to adapt to worldwide increasing demands and environmental requirements. In this scenario, black oat has gained environmental and economic importance since it can be use...

Enhanced Computer Vision With Microsoft Kinect Sensor: A Review

With the invention of the low-cost Microsoft Kinect sensor, high-resolution depth and visual (RGB) sensing has become available for widespread use. The complementary nature of the depth and visual information provided by the Kinect sensor o...

A coarse to fine network for fast and accurate object detection in high‐resolution images

Abstract Because of the popularisation of high‐resolution images, detecting objects in these images quickly and accurately has attracted increasing attention in recent studies. Current convolutional neural networks (CNN)‐based detection met...

AutoWindLoc: Precise Localization of Wind Turbines in High-Resolution Orthophotos for Enhanced Registers

The paper proposes a novel framework for automatically detecting wind turbines in orthophotos, transferring this information to a database, and linking detected turbines to an existing registry to minimize location inaccuracy. This inaccura...

AN IMPROVED MASK R-CNN: EXTRACTION OF DOOR AND WINDOW INSTANCES ON VILLAGE BUILDING FAÇADE IMAGES

Rapid access to the basic structure of village buildings is conducive to the investigation of the load-bearing bodies of village houses and provides data support for disaster assessment and post-disaster rescue and reconstruction. The devel...

Assessing Wireless Sensing Potential With Large Intelligent Surfaces

Sensing capability is one of the most highlighted new feature of future 6G wireless networks. This paper addresses the sensing potential of Large Intelligent Surfaces (LIS) in an exemplary Industry 4.0 scenario. Besides the attention receiv...

Autonomous Robotic Platform for Precision Viticulture: Integrated Mobility, Multimodal Sensing, and AI-Based Leaf Sampling

Viticulture is facing growing economic and environmental pressures that demand a transition toward intelligent and autonomous crop management systems. Phytopathologies remain one of the most critical threats, causing substantial yield losse...

SnowMapPy: An automated GEE Python tool for snow cover mapping and monitoring in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains

SnowMapPy is an open-source Python-based package developed to streamline the collection, processing, and analysis of MODIS snow cover data from Terra and Aqua satellites. By automating essential steps, including data clipping, reprojection,...

SCM: A Searched Convolutional Metaformer for SAR Ship Classification

Ship classification technology using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has become a research hotspot. Many deep-learning-based methods have been proposed with handcrafted models or using transplanted computer vision networks. However, most of ...