Perception capability assumes significant importance for human–robot interaction. The
forthcoming industrial environments will require a high level of automation to be flexible and …

In many countries, a demographic change has been recognized and is subject to public
discussions, either directly or indirectly by social systems being challenged with the growing …

Population aging and pandemics have been shown to cause the isolation of elderly people
in their houses, generating the need for a reliable assistive figure. Robotic assistants are the …

A conventional adopted method for operating a waiter robot is based on the static position
control, where predefined goal positions are marked on a map. However, this solution is not …

In this paper, we discuss the development of robot use cases in an elderly care facility in the
context of exploring the method of Integrative Social Robotics (ISR) when used on top of a …

Due to demographic change, health and elderly care systems are facing a shortage of
qualified caregivers. This issue can be addressed by introducing welfare robots into …

One way to allow elderly people to stay longer in their homes is to use of service robots to
support them with everyday tasks. Having this goal in mind, we design, develop, and …

In this study, we argue that the extent to which a robot is persuasive depends on the way a
persuasive message is embedded in the robot's other behaviors. In the current study, in …

The general and constant ageing of the world population that has been observed in the last
decade has led robotics researchers community to focus its aims to answer the ever-growing …

The SMOOTH-robot is a mobile robot that—due to its modularity—combines a relatively low
price with the possibility to be used for a large variety of tasks in a wide range of domains. In …