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Showing 1 to 20 of 153 for “"Biologically Inspired"”.
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Biologically inspired speaker verification
… techniques. However, in general, methods inspired by the human auditory system tend to show better verification performance than other methods. In this thesis three biologically inspired speaker verification algorithms are presented.
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Biologically inspired digital fabrication
Objects and systems in nature are models for the practice of sustainable design and fabrication. From trees to bones, natural systems are characterized by the constant interplay of creation, environmental response, and analysis of current structural constituents, as part of a larger dynamic system. …
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Biologically Inspired Modular Neural Networks
… to the neural network design and learning are inspired by the engineering, complexity, psychological and neurobiological aspects. The main theme of this dissertation is to explore the organization and functioning of the brain to discover new structural and learning inspirations that can be …
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Biologically Inspired Engineering for Protein Stabilisation
… that do not require refrigeration. Here, a biologically inspired vaccine stabilisation method is proposed. The method is based on the fact that proteins entrapped in the fossil avian eggshell crystals are well preserved up to thousands of years in Africa where high-temperature vaccine …
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Biologically-inspired robots for stage performance
Stage performances present many challenges and opportunities in the field of robotics. Onstage robots not only have to function flawlessly, they must interact convincingly with their human counterparts and adhere to a rigid timeline. The scope of this work is to create set pieces that look and …
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Performance of biologically inspired flapping foils
Flapping foil propulsion is thought to provide AUVs with greater maneuverability than propellers. This thesis seeks to simplify the design process for this type of propulsion system by identifying thrust and wake characteristics for flapping foils and determining how these factors scale with …
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Analogical problem evolution in biologically inspired design
Biologically inspired design (BID) is a widespread and growing movement in modern design, pulled in part by the need for environmentally sustainable design and pushed partly by rapid advances in biology and the desire for creativity and innovation in design. Yet, our current understanding of …
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Biologically-inspired control framework for insect animation.
… of insect locomotion. This framework is inspired by two key observations of real insects: fixed gait pattern and distributed neural system. At the top level, a Triangle Placement Engine (TPE) is modelled based on the double-tripod gait pattern of insects, and determines the location and …
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Formal verification of biologically inspired computing models
As a recently proposed biologically inspired computing model, cP systems can solve computationally hard problems in polynomial - often linear or sublinear - time. Similar to other membrane computing models, cP systems work in an ideal way, having unlimited space and computing power. This thesis …
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Biologically inspired underwater propulsion and adhesion mechanisms
The ultimate objective of this research is to develop an innovative underwater pipe inspection robot with both swimming and crawling capabilities as opposed to conventional in-pipe robots with wheeled designs or driven by propellers. The contents of this thesis include two different parts: a …
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A biologically inspired system for action recognition
We present a biologically-motivated system for the recognition of actions from video sequences. The approach builds on recent work on object recognition based on hierarchical feedforward architectures and extends a neurobiological model of motion processing in the visual cortex. The system consists …
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Biologically inspired transparent material as an energy system
Glazed envelopes on buildings play a major role in operational energy consumptionas they define the boundary conditions between the climate outside and the thermalcomfort inside a building. Glass façades are viewed as an uncontrolled load that setsthe operational performance requirements for …
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Biologically inspired goal directed navigation for mobile robots
… aim of creating and adaptive navigation system inspired by behaviour seen in animals. The navigation module developed here would need to be able to successfully localise a robot and navigate it to a defined target. A critical literature review was carried out of current localisation and …
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Biologically Inspired Mechanisms for Burrowing in Undersea Substrates
The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to generate compact, lightweight, low-energy, reversible, and dynamic burrowing systems for use in subsea applications such as anchoring, oil recovery, underwater cable installation, mine detonation, and sensor placement. As many organisms have …
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Biologically inspired autoadaptive control of a knee prosthesis
This thesis describes the electronic control of a knee prosthesis for amputees. A microprocessor receives data from sensors, processes it and determines the proper level of rotary resistance for the joint. Control is maintained through one of two algorithms -- one for a system with sensors only for …
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BioSENSE: Biologically-inspired Secure Elastic Networked Sensor Environment
… platforms. In this dissertation, we present a Biologically-inspired Secure Elastic Networked Sensor Environment (BioSENSE) that synergistically integrates: (1) a novel bio-inspired construction of adaptable system building components, (2) associative routing framework with extensible adaptable …
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Biologically-inspired Network Memory System for Smarter Networking
… for Internet intelligence. NetMem design is inspired by the functionalities of human memory to efficiently store Internet data and extract and utilize traffic data semantics in matching and prediction processes, and building dynamic network-concept ontology (DNCO) at different levels of …
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Evolving Efficient Foraging Behavior in Biologically-Inspired Robot Swarms
… demonstrating that combining our existing biologically-inspired CPFA with a cluster exploitation algorithm produces more efficient total resource collection compared to each algorithm acting alone. While our system is designed to be a demonstration platform for swarm robotics research, this …
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Biologically-inspired high-performance envelope design in tropical climates
… moisture drive in building materials, as inspired by plant biology.
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