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CycleAR: Exploring Augmented Reality for Safer and More Immersive Cycling Experiences
Cycling in urban environments can often be intimidating, particularly in areas with dense traffic and limited cycling infrastructure. The CycleAR project, currently under development within the Department of Systems and Control Engineering at the University of Malta, aims to explore how augmented reality (AR) and immersive simulation technologies may contribute towards safer and more accessible cycling experiences.
Alexandra Bonnici
May 314 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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