Research Publications
| AD Toth, J Padayachee, T Mahlatiji, S Vilakazi; A Report on Case Studies of Additive Manufacturing in the South African Railway Industry; Scientific African; Volume 16, July 2022; e01219 |
| Salawu, G., Bright G., “The Implementation of Disruptive Measures to Enhance Productivity in an Advanced-Manufacturing Environment”. The Eighteenth International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems ICAS 2022, Venice, Italy, May 2022 |
| AD. Toth, S. Vilakazi, J Padayachee; Digital Maintenance Centre for Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing in the Railway Industry; Proceedings of the Southern African Heavy Haul Association (SAHHA) 2021; 15 – 17 April 2021; Johannesburg; South Africa |
| AP Singh, J. Padayachee and G. Bright, An Experimental Approach to Improving the Joint Stiffness of Industrial Robots Through Dexterous Posture Identification; South African Journal of Industrial Engineering; Volume 32, No,4 ; 2021; Pages 113-128 |
| Bright T., Adali S., Bright G., “Close Human Robot Collaboration by means of a Low-cost Sensory Glove for Advanced Manufacturing Systems”, Proc. of the International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), Mauritius, October 2021 |
| CE. Reddy, J. Padayachee and G. Bright, Development and Analysis of Reconfigurable Robotic End-Effector for Machining and Part Handling, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, Volume 32, No. 1; 2021; Pages 56-70 |
| I.R. Botha, G.Bright and J.E.T. Collins, “Impact of the Synthesis Procedure of Diaphragm-Shaped Dielectric Elastomers on the Performance as Novel Miniature Actuators,” ICECIE, 2021, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICECIE52348.2021.9664657 |
| W. Dharmalingum, J. Padayachee and G. Bright; Synthesis Of A Novel Five-Degrees–Of-Freedom Parallel Kinematic Manipulator; South African Journal of Industrial Engineering; Volume 32, No,1 ; 2021; Pages 131-143 |
| B Kelly, J. Padayachee, G. Bright; Quasi-serial Manipulator – Inverse Kinematics and Workspace Analysis for Industrial Automation; Published in: 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference; 29-31 Jan. 2020; Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ganiyat S., Bright G., Onunka C., “Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of Throughput in a Robotics Manufacturing System”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Vol 13 No1, accepted in 2020, pp 137 – 143 |
| Ganiyat S., Bright G., Onunka C., “Modelling and Simulation of a Conveyor Belt System for Optimal Productivity”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), Vol 11 No 1, accepted 2020, pp 115 – 121 |
| Ganiyat S., Bright G., Chiemela O., “Impact of Disruptive Technology in an Advanced Manufacturing Environment. (An Overview)”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research IJMERR, Vol 9, accepted 2020, pp 1487-1494 |
| Harcus, M. & Bright, G., “Fused Deposition Modelling for fabrication of a hybrid Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference. South Africa, March 2020 |
| Harcus, M., Bright, G., “Aerodynamic and propulsion performance optimization for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)”, 17th International Conference on Information inControl, Automation and Robotics. France, April 2020 |
| I. R. Botha, G. Bright and J. E. T. Collins, “Evaluation of Dielectric Elastomers in Applications as Low Cost, Small-Scale Actuators,” 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA48453.2020.9040950 |
| Naidoo, D., Bright G., Collins J., “Mid-air Imaging for a Collaborative Spatial Augmented Reality System”, 17th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, France, July 2020 |
| A Reddy, G Bright, J Padayachee; A Review of Safety Methods for Human-robot Collaboration and a Proposed Novel Approach; Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics – Volume 1: ICINCO; July 29 – 31, 2019; Prague, Czech Republic |
| A Singh, J Padayachee, G Bright; Joint Stiffness and Link Deflection Identification of Serial Robotic Manipulators and End-Effectors; 2019 Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference/Robotics and Mechatronics/Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA); January 28-30, 2019; Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Basson, C. & Bright, G; “Investigation of an Economical Stereo-lithography 3d Printer for Rapid Prototyping and Mass Production”, 2019 ICINCO 15TH International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing. Published February 2019, 6 Pages, 2019. |
| B Kelly, J. Padayachee, G. Bright; Quasi-serial Manipulator for Advanced Manufacturing Systems; Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics – Volume 2: ICINCO; July 29 – 31, 2019; Prague, Czech Republic |
| D.M. Kirkman, J. Pillay, J. Padayachee; A Computational Study on AdditivelyManufactured Welding Electrodes; R & D Journal of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering; Volume 35; 2019; Pages 38-46 |
| G Hoskins, J Padayachee, G Bright; Human-Robot Interaction Safety: Research and Design of a Human Proximity Sensory System Utilizing a Mobile Phone Application to Convey Data to an I/O Robotic Controller; 2019 Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference/Robotics and Mechatronics/Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA); January 28-30, 2019; Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Naidoo N., Bright G., Stopforth R; “A Distributed Framework for Programming the Artificial Intelligence of Mobile Robots in Smart Manufacturing Systems”, IEEE SAUPEC-RobMech-PRASA 2019 conference, Bloemfontein, South Africa, January 2019 |
| WE Dharmalingum, J Padayachee, G Bright; The Design of a 5 Degree of Freedom Parallel Kinematic Manipulator for Machining Applications; COMA 2019 – International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing; 30 January to 1 February 2019; Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| C. I. Basson, and G Bright, “Experimental Investigation of a Biologically Inspired Gripper with Active Haptic Control for Geometric Compliancy”. In: Gusikhin O., Madani K. (eds) Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. ICINCO 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2019, vol 613. Springer, Cham |
| Naidoo E, Padayachee J, Bright G., “Scheduling of an On-Demand Fixture Manufacturing Cell for Mass Customization: Optimal Method Vs. Heuristic”. In: Informatics in Control, Automation (O. Gusikhin and K. Madani (Eds.): ICINCO 2017, LNEE, 2019); Springer Nature Switzerland AG; pp. 3–22; 2019. |
GRADUATE DISSERTATIONS
| Author | Title |
| Naidoo, D | Research, design and Investigation of a Multiple User Mixed Reality System. |
| Toth, A.D | Design and Manufacturing methods for Fused Deposition Modelling in Additive Manufacturing for the South African Railway Industry. |
| Author | Title |
| Botha, I | Integrated Low-cost Reading Device Targeting the Accessibilty to Quality Education for the Visually Impaired. |
| Singh, A.P | Multi-Point Static Dexterous Posture Manipulation for The Stiffness Identification of Serial Kinematic End-Effectors. |
| Author | Title |
| Bright, T | Low-cost Sensory Glove for Human-Robot Collaboration |
| Harcus, M | Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) to Fabricate a Transtional Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Transportation of Medical Supplies in Underdeveloped Areas. |
| Ramchander, R | Biologically Inspired Exoskeleton based on fluidic muscle operation |
| Reddy, C | Research and Development of a Reconfigurable Robotic End-Effector for Machining and Part Handling |