Learning from demonstration (LfD) is considered as an efficient way to transfer skills from humans to robots. Traditionally, LfD has been used to transfer Cartesian and joint positions and forces from human demonstrations. ...

Metamorphic testing is a popular approach that aims to alleviate the oracle problem in software testing. At the core of this approach are Metamorphic Relations (MRs), specifying properties that hold among multiple test ...

Gamification has been widely used in education in recent years. Gamification has been proven to be a useful tool for students, as it motivates them and helps them to learn. The lack of motivation on the part of the students ...

Many of the applications of graphene rely on its uneven stiffness and high thermal conductivity, but the mechanical properties of graphene—and, in general, of all two-dimensional materials—are still not fully understood. ...

Shear cutting is a high-speed forming process where material separation is involved. The nature of the process leads to high strain rates and temperatures on the sheared zone of the material subjected to the operation. In ...

Accurately predicting the performance of lubricated rolling elements is critical for certain key bearing applications. A widely employed simulation technique is quasi-static models, which although computationally efficient ...

Given the challenges and levels of competitiveness that exist at the educational level, it is necessary to analyze the different factors that determine academic effectiveness, in consideration of sedentary tendencies and ...

Switched Reluctance Machines (SRM) are emerging as a possible alternative in terms of cost and supply stability to rare earth based electric vehicle traction systems. However, because of the huge amounts of energy stored ...

The prediction of the distortions during Near-Net-Shape Hot Isostatic Pressing (NNS-HIP) is an intrinsic multiscale problem where the local interactions among particles determine the macroscopic distortions taking place ...