Our work
NERIC works with industry to source, trial and de-risk automated solutions to their business issues.
Consultancy
NERIC offers specialised consultancy to organisations looking to enhance their operations with automation. There are many routes to access this service including funded support and commercial agreements.
Research Collaboration
NERIC works closely with industry partners, academic institutions and public sector organisations to drive cutting edge research and development forward.
Academic Research
We’re committed to sharing research, insights and perspectives through papers authored by academics, professors and lecturers from the University of Salford.
- Enhancing the Performance of a Biomimetic Robotic Elbow-and-Forearm System Through Bionics-Inspired Optimization – Written by: Haosen Yang, Guowu Wei, Member – IEEE, Lei Ren, Member – IEEE.
- Structure Design, Kinematics Analysis, and Effect Evaluation of a Novel Ankle Rehabilitation Robot – Written by: Shuwei Qu,Ruiqin Li, Wei Yao, Chunsheng Ma and Zhihong Guo.
- Development and Characteristics of a Highly Biomimetic Robotic Shoulder Inspired by Musculoskeletal Mechanical Intelligence – Written by: Haosen Yang, Guowu Wei, Member – IEEE, Lei Ren, Member – IEEE.
- A hybrid physical and co-simulation modern adaptive power protection testbed for testing the resilience of smart grids under cyber-physical threats – Written by: Feras Alasali, Naser El-Naily, William Holderbaum, Haytham Y. Mustafa, Anas AlMajali, Awni Itradat.
- Blending Human Design with AI: The Next Frontier in Bionic Robotics – Written by: Haosen Yang, Guowu Wei, Lei Ren University of Manchester I University of Salford.
- Green Automation: Empowering a Sustainable Future with Energy-Efficient Autonomous Mobile Robots in Manufacturing – Written by: Mingyu Wu, Eileen Su Lee Ming, Yichao Zheng, Bowen Dong, Che Fai Yeong, William Holderbaum.
- A Novel Approach for Solving the Time-Varying Complex-Valued Linear Matrix Inequality Based on Fuzzy-Parameter Zeroing Neural Network – Written by: Jiajie Luo, Jichun Li, William Holderbaum, Jiguang Li.
- Approaches for Enhancement of Perception Through Sensor Design for Extreme Environment – Written by: Jiguang Li, Nandu Li, William Holderbaum, Wei Yao.
- Contactless Human Physical Signal Measurement for Collaborative Robotic Using Visible-IR Dual Camera – Written by: Jiguang Li, Wei Yao.
- Anti-windup Methods for Integrators of Integral Controllers for Robotic Applications – Written by: Peyman Amiri, Theodor Theodoridis, Marcus Muller, William Holderbaum.
- Kinematics and Workspace Analysis of 5-DOF Hybrid Redundantly Driven Mechanism – Written by: Qisheng ZHANG, Ruiqin LI, Wei YAO, Jingjing LIANG, Feng Ping NING.
- A Statistical Analysis of Commercial Articulated Industrial Robots and Cobots – Written by: Peyman Amiri, Marcus Müller, Matthew Southgate, Theodoros Theodoridis, Guowu Wei, Mike Richards-Brown and William Holderbaum.
- Human tactile sensing and sensorimotor mechanism: from afferent tactile signals to efferent motor control – Written by: Yuyang Wei, AndrewG. Marshall, Francis P. McGlone, Adarsh Makdani, Yiming Zhu, Lingyun Yan, Lei Ren & Guowu Wei.
- The recent development of protection coordination schemes based on inverse of AC microgrid: A review – Written by: Feras Alasali, Haytham Mustafa, Abdelaziz Salah Saidi, Naser El-Naily, Salima Abeid, William Holderbaum, Emad Omran, Saad M. Saad.
- Modified Nonlinear Hysteresis Approach for a Tactile Sensor – Written by: Gasak Abdul-Hussain, William Holderbaum, Theodoros Theodoridis and Guowu Wei.
- Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm – Written by: Haosen Yang, Guowu Wei, Lei Ren, Lingyun Yan.