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From Concept to Champion: Reflections on 10 Months of Robotics Success
In February 2024, the Faculty of Engineering launched its Robotics Club, providing students with a hands-on platform to explore the...
Aislinn Seguna
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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Decoding Your Internal Speech
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are able to decode user commands from brain signal recordings. In an ideal and intuitive system, the...
Natasha Padfield
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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Did you really want to do that?
It is imperative that BCIs have a reliable performance to sustain user engagement. This work finds errors between user intent and BCI output
Fabian Camilleri
Jul 29, 20246 min read
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AI and the Environment: A Balancing Act?
in this article, we will explore a different, and at first glance, unlikely source of environmental impact: artificial intelligence (AI)
Alexandra Bonnici
Jun 6, 20246 min read
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Mastering Balance: A Self-balancing Unicycle Robot
At the core of this project is a robot, not just any robot, but a complex and intriguing one that emulates the actions of a circus performer
Simon Sultana
May 21, 20242 min read
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Are You Looking At This? A Closer Look at Eye-Contact Human-Machine Interaction Technology
This study focuses on the use of eye-contact in human-machine interaction applications, using AI for one-way eye contact detection.
Aiden Bezzina
Dec 5, 20235 min read
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Reviewer #2 Must Be Stopped!
We have all been the victims of a Reviewer #2. Here we explore how to avoid being one!
Alexandra Bonnici
Oct 30, 20233 min read
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To Err is Human
In the wake of the Titan submersible tragedy, questions arise on preventive steps could be taken to avoid errors, when stakes are high.
Alexandra Bonnici
Jul 2, 20232 min read
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A handful of robots? Coordinating robotic teams.
Have you ever seen a flock of birds coordinating and flying together to reach their destination? Robotics engineers look at such flocks...
Rachael Duca
Jun 5, 20231 min read
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From Pythagoras to Bach
How engineering and mathematics influenced music Pythagoras. The ancient Greek philosopher, famously known for introducing triangle...
Alexandra Bonnici
Mar 30, 20239 min read
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Natural Language Processing for Mental Health
In 2019, around 13% of the world’s population was living with a mental disorder. NLP can assist in breaking the stigma through social media.
Luke Abela
Dec 14, 20226 min read
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Vision for Accessibility
Text-to-Speech tools assume that text is easily distinguished from the page. This not always the case, particularly in kids' books.
Alexandra Bonnici
Nov 15, 20225 min read
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Reading Your Mind
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies enable people to control external devices using just their thoughts. There are two main kinds...
Natasha Padfield
Jul 13, 20223 min read
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New beginnings
As we are nearing the end of the academic year, we have once again reached that bitter-sweet time when we mark the end of a four-year...
Erika Spiteri-Bailey
Jun 13, 20227 min read
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Publish or Perish!
Research must be made accessible for the world to benefit from the discoveries made.
Alexandra Bonnici
May 16, 20222 min read
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Using AI to protect children
An estimated 116K daily search queries involve explicit child content. This article describes how AI can be used to identify and prevent CSA
Alexandra Bonnici
Apr 20, 20225 min read
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Expanding the field of view
An ordinary wheelchair, equipped with AI tools becomes an assistive robot. This article describes the setting up of a smart wheel chair.
Roman Adámek
Apr 1, 20223 min read
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Should I consider post-graduate studies?
What are the benefits of postgraduate studies? And what is the difference between a PhD, and taught MSc or a research-based MSc? Should you
Luana Chetcuti
Feb 27, 20222 min read
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Women in STEM
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was set up by UNESCO and UN-Women on the 22nd December 2015. The Day is intended to...
Alexandra Bonnici
Feb 8, 20224 min read
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