Mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) systems incorporate video conferencing equipment onto
mobile robot devices which can be steered from remote locations. These systems, which are …

There are around 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, and around 370,000
people are registered as blind or partially sighted in the UK. Ongoing advances in …

The growing proportion of elderly people in society, together with recent advances in
robotics, makes the use of robots in elder care increasingly likely. We outline developments …

Human-robot interaction (HRI) and user acceptance become critical when service robots
start to provide a variety of assistance to users on a personal level. Limited research to date …

Eating is an essential activity of daily living (ADL) for staying healthy and living at home
independently. Although numerous assistive devices have been introduced, many people …

We report a small dual cohort pilot study with traumatic spinal cord injured (SCI) subjects
designed to investigate the utility of a wheelchair-mounted robotic arm for these subjects …

The ballbot is a human-sized dynamically stable mobile robot that balances on a single ball.
Unlike statically stable mobile robots, the ballbot is tall and narrow with a high center of …

Medical robots are expected to help with providing care in an aging society. The degree to
which patients experience embarrassment in a medical examination might be influenced by …

This paper presents the first version of a mobile service robot designed for older people. Six
service application modules were developed with the key objective being successful …

In this article, we describe the development of a human-robot interaction concept for service
robots to assist elderly people in the home with physical tasks. Our approach is based on the …