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Adaptive neuro-controller design for nano-satellite attitude control
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012)The motivation of this research is to bring the technology of spacecraft control into university education and to bring the possibility of developing our own satellite that will put us of equal standard with other developed ... -
Adhesive joint strength of dissimilar metal adherends by Taguchi Method
The dissimilar metal joints are widely used in many applications. A lot of efforts have been made to study the joining techniques in order to achieve a reliable dissimilar joint for unlike metals including welding. However, ... -
Adptive neural controller for attitude stabilization of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2011)In line with the rapid development of the world science and technology, our country has matured in the exploration of new knowledge. Our country has given the very bright opportunity in an engineering field. The researchers ... -
Analysis of muscle activity during contractions in the three heads of the triceps branchii using surface electromyography
Among all the upper extremity skeletal muscles, the three headed (lateral, long and medial) triceps brachii (TB) is considered as the muscle most responsible for normal and sports activities. In this research, we recorded ... -
Analyzing cross-talk in Mechanomyographic signals of forearm muscles during grip force task and different wrist postures
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)In mechanomyography (MMG), cross-talk refers to the contamination of the signal from the muscle of interest by a signal from another muscle or muscle group in close proximity. This study analyzed the cross-talk in MMG ... -
Automated marker placement based real-time facial emotional expression recognition system
Facial expression recognition attracted several researchers over the past several decades and most of the researchers in the literature focus on facial expression recognition in “offline” and very few research works ... -
Beam-switchable textile antenna for wireless body area networks (WBAN)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)The research work in this dissertation focuses on beam-switchable textile antenna for wireless body area network (WBAN) application. The idea of beam-switchable textile antenna helps to reduce the antenna size and more ... -
Biceps brachii surface EMG classification using neural networks
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2009)This thesis presents an approach of MATLAB-based system for clinical rehabilitation monitoring application. The main rationale for the development of such a system is that the pattern of the EMG signals elicited may ... -
Bio-inspired sensor data fusion for herbal tea flavour assessment
Herbal-based products are becoming a widespread production trend among manufacturers for the domestic and international markets. As the production increases to meet the market demand, it is very crucial for the manufacturer ... -
Black-box modeling and adaptive control of hybrid thermoelectric refrigerator systems
Vaccines carrier has been used to keep the temperature within 2–8°C. However, a poorly functioning vaccines carrier may expose the vaccines to freezing temperatures. Hybrid Thermoelectric Refrigerator (H-TER) systems are ... -
Brain Machine Interface Controlled Robot Chair
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2010)Brain Machine Interface Controlled Robot Chair: Brain Machine Interface is a device that links the human brain directly to devices such as computer, wheelchairs and prosthetic arms. Such interfaces provide a digital ... -
Breast tumor early detection using UWB antenna and improved feature extraction technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)Breast cancer has already invaded the women around the world with its brutal attack. Numerous patients are sacrificing their lives everyday due to lack of efficient cure technology and a huge number of patients are still ... -
Burst strength and impact performance on glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) composite pipes
While in service environment, the changes in the degradation mechanisms of the GRE composite pipes may occur in the matrix, fibre, and the fibre-matrix interfacial regions due to water diffusion. These composite pipes may ... -
Camera motion estimation and object extraction using Multiple Consecutive Frames with ghost and noise removal for Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)This research presents a new algorithm for extracting moving objects using Pan-Tilt- Zoom (PTZ) camera. Previously, system that uses moving camera faces some problems, including misalignment between current and template ... -
Capacity and coverage enhancement for multi-hop relay in long term evolution-advanced network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)Cellular networks known have difficulty to provide satisfactory SINR level to users at the cell boundaries. Therefore, multi-hop relay is considered as one of the main keys for Long Term Evaluation - Advanced (LTE-A) to ... -
Characterization of quartz crystal microbalance sensor for detection of bacteria inactivation after plasma treatment
This thesis presents a study of frequency response for detection of inactive bacteria using Quartz Crystal Microbalance sensor. The characteristics of frequency response towards detection of bacteria were discussed. The ... -
Charazterization of biceps brachii muscle activity during contractions using surface electromyographic signal analysis
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Classification of eeg based task on colour visualization and colour imagery
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012)Electroencephalography (EEG) is a measure of brain waves used to monitor the state of health of the patients in medical applications and other research areas. EEG signals are also used to develop Brain Machine Interface ... -
A classification of EMG signal from masseter and buccinators, muscles to control the directional movement of power-assisted wheelchair
There are many people who cannot control the movement of their upper or lower limbs. Also, there are many people affected with some form of paralysis, suffering from a spinal cord injury, and many elderly people are unable ... -
Classification of interior noise comfort level of Proton model cars using artificial neural network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012)Car interior noise comfort level classification is one of the most promising sub-fields in automotive research. Car interior noise comfort indicator is developed to help the drivers to keep track of the noise comfort level ...