Tapered plastic optical fiber coated with single wall carbon nanotubes...
AbstractPurpose– A simple tapered plastic optical fiber (POF) sensor is proposed and demonstrated for measurement of uric acid concentrations in de-ionized water. The paper aims to discuss these...
View ArticleA differential probe design for large-range metal detector
AbstractPurpose– The metal detector used as a wall scanner has become a kind of popular household instrument. It is important to possess the characteristics, including low-cost, reliability, easy...
View ArticleAutomatic measuring and processing system of audio sensing for real-time arc...
AbstractPurpose– Surface forming control of welding bead is the fundamental study in automated welding. Considering that the vision sensing system cannot extract the height information of weld pool in...
View ArticleA system of human vital signs monitoring and activity recognition based on...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to develop a health monitoring system that can measure human vital signs and recognize human activity based on body sensor network (BSN)....
View ArticleDynamic structural health monitoring of a civil engineering structure with a...
AbstractPurpose– In this work, the paper aims to demonstrate the feasibility of plastic optical fiber (POF) based accelerometers for the structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil engineering...
View ArticleReview of recent trends in gas sensing technologies and their miniaturization...
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to give an overview about the state of the art and novel technologies used in gas sensing. It also discusses the miniaturization potential of some of these technologies...
View ArticleFrequency analysis of ultrasonic wave propagation on metal pipe in ultrasonic...
AbstractPurpose– Since the importance role of ultrasonic tomography (UT) in industry, especially in oil industry, to produce noninvasive and nondestructive plane images, research on UT system with a...
View ArticleLasers sensors very accurately measure both speed and length in real time
AbstractPurpose– Review of the advancements in non-contact laser sensors for much more accurate real time speed as well as length measurements. The paper aims to discuss these issues....
View ArticleNanomaterials for gas sensing: a review of recent research
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to provide a detailed review of gas sensor research which exploits the properties of nanomaterials and nanostructures. Design/methodology/approach– Following an...
View Article3D traversability awareness for rough terrain mobile robots
AbstractPurpose– This research aims to address the issue of safe navigation for autonomous vehicles in highly challenging outdoor environments. Indeed, robust navigation of autonomous mobile robots...
View ArticleEmbedded carbon nanotube thread piezoresistive strain sensor performance
AbstractPurpose– Carbon nanotube (CNT) thread's piezoresisitive strain sensing properties of gauge factor, linearity, hysteresis, consistency, temperature stability, and bandwidth were evaluated. This...
View ArticleParticles flow identification in pipeline using adaptive network-based fuzzy...
AbstractPurpose– An identification model for materials flow through a pipeline is presented in this paper. The development of the model involves fuzzy C-means clustering, in which different flow...
View ArticlePower output characterization assessment of thermoelectric generation in...
AbstractPurpose– For using wireless sensors to monitor spindle units without opening the spindle shell to replace the battery, harvesting the waste heat from spindle units of machine tools for...
View ArticleMicrowave sensors for the non-invasive monitoring of industrial and medical...
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to discuss the general principles behind the microwave sensing and demonstrates the potential of cavity microwave resonator device in real-time monitoring for:...
View ArticleSensor-based ambient intelligence for optimal energy efficiency
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to describe research work to create an innovative, and intelligent solution for energy efficiency optimisation. Design/methodology/approach– A novel approach is taken...
View ArticleDual port temperature sensor tag for passive UHF RFID systems
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel totally passive, wireless temperature sensor tag based on ultra high-frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology....
View ArticleSensors stand out as an important key to improving manufacturing quality and...
AbstractPurpose– Review of the IMTS show in Chicago with emphasis on the new sensor innovations and applications on display. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach–...
View ArticleInnovations in image sensing: a review of recent research
AbstractPurpose– This article aims to provide details of recent research into image sensing technologies. Design/methodology/approach– Following an introduction, this article discusses image sensing...
View ArticleTowards the trillion sensors market
AbstractPurpose– This article aims to provide an insight into recent deliberations on the possibility of a global sensor market reaching one trillion units per annum within the next decade....
View ArticleFormaldehyde sensing properties of ZnO-based hollow nanofibers
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to synthesis SnO2-ZnO hollow nanofibers, study their sensing properties and introduce an attractive candidate for formaldehyde detection in...
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