MERCon - 2020: Recent submissions

  • A programming framework for robot swarms 
    Dassanayaka, M; Bandara, T; Adikari, N; Nawinne, I; Ragel, R [Conference-Full-text]
    Swarm robotics is a well-evolved research area over the past couple of decades. In this paper, we introduce a framework for programming swarm robots in a novel approach based on behaviour categorization, pheromone ...
  • A machine learning approach for nilm based on superimposed current profiles 
    Abeykoon, AMHS; Perera, APS; Sanjeewika, RK; Matharage, MDNV; Abeysinghe, AP [Conference-Full-text]
    This research focuses on identifying a new implementation of a machine learning approach for Nonintrusive load monitoring (NILM). We mathematically superimpose current profiles of individual appliances and compare ...
  • motion planning of novel stair-climbing wheelchair for elderly and disabled people 
    Thamel, SR; Munasinghe, R; Lalitharatne, T [Conference-Full-text]
    This research paper presents a novel track based stair-climbing wheelchair design with improved stability and performance. The proposed design has an adaptable arrangement to the staircase especially at the top of the ...
  • Design and analysis of a mems based transdermal drug delivery system 
    Perera, KNM; Awantha, WVI; Wanasinghe, AT; Herath, HMDP; Paththinige, SSHG; Ekanayaka, L; Amarasinghe, YWR [Conference-Full-text]
    The design and analysis of a Micro Electromechanical System-based (MEMS-based) Transdermal Drug Delivery System are presented in the research article. A conceptual design for the delivery of Levodopa was proposed by the ...
  • Performance improvement of industrial induction mould heating oven 
    Tharmapalan, E; Sivalingam, S; Mohamed, N; Kanagalingam, N; Balasooriya, LC; Nissanka, ID [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of heat distribution in an industrial induction mould heating oven. The study aims to develop an improved coil arrangement and oven design to generate ...
  • Design of a sustainable automotive turbocharger remanufacturing system 
    Jayawardane, H; Wijesinghe, K; Wildeniya, P; Gamage, JR [Conference-Full-text]
    Remanufacturing has been identified as the process of returning of end-of-life products to original or better condition and performance with lower resource consumption, waste, and emissions compared to conventional ...
  • Hipexo: a hip exoskeleton robot for load lifting with flexible trunk linkage mechanism 
    Perera, ULS; Dasanayake, NP; Hettiarachchi, HPT; Mannapperuma, MAVA; Ranaweera, RKPS; Gopura, RARC [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper proposes a hip exoskeleton robot named HipExo to provide power assistance for the industrial workers during stoop lifting activities. It introduces a hybrid actuator to power the hip joints. The electric motor ...
  • Bridge ontology architecture for knowledge management in bridge maintenance 
    Banujan, K; Vasanthapriyan, S [Conference-Full-text]
    The construction sector depends on a broad variety of information from very different sources. Especially when constructing bridges, huge experience, and extensive knowledge is important. Knowledge Management (KM) is ...
  • Blockchain-based product traceability beyond proof of existence 
    Perera, T; Hettige, SPT; Jayatilake, SAP; Abeygunawardhana, W; Bandara, HMND [Conference-Full-text]
    Contemporary consumers are demanding greater visibility in products they consume, and practices used to pro-duce them. Blockchain-based product traceability solutions at-tempt to integrate the data silos of suppliers into ...
  • Unit test code generation tool support for lower level programming languages 
    Bandara, R; Perera, I [Conference-Full-text]
    In software development lifecycle, the most likely sub-phase to be overlooked within the testing phase is unit testing. One of the main reasons for such negligence is the cost overhead of unit testing. Often, project ...
  • MSchain: blockchain based decentralized certificate transparency for microservices 
    Dilshan, D; Piumika, S; Rupasinghe, C; Perera, I; Siriwardena, P [Conference-Full-text]
    Microservices architecture has become one of the most prominent software architectures in the software development processes due to its features such as scalability, maintainability, resilience, and composability. It allows ...
  • Automated vehicle parking occupancy detection in real-time 
    Padmasiri, H; Madurawe, R; Abeysinghe, C; Meedeniya, D [Conference-Full-text]
    Parking occupancy detection systems help to identify the available parking spaces and direct vehicles efficiently to unoccupied lots by reducing time and energy. This paper presents an approach for the design and ...
  • Hybrid approach for accurate and interpretable representation learning of knowledge graph 
    Yogendran, N; Kanagarajah, A; Chandiran, K; Thayasivam, U [Conference-Full-text]
    Representation learning of knowledge graph aims to embed both entities and relations into a low-dimensional space. However, there are still some gaps in the knowledge graph embedding methods in providing interpretation of ...
  • Detection of novel biomarker genes of alzheimer’s disease using gene expression data 
    Perera, S; Hewage, K; Gunarathne, C; Navarathna, R; Herath, D; Ragel, RG [Conference-Full-text]
    It is well recognized, that most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease and a successful cure or medication is not discovered. A plethora of research has been conducted to understand the underlying mechanism and ...