Ambient-assisted living (AAL) is, nowadays, an important research and development area,
foreseen as an important instrument to face the demographic aging. The acceptance of the …

To achieve recycling of mixed industrial waste toward an advanced sustainable society,
waste sorting automation through robots is crucial and urgent. For this purpose, a robot is …

This paper presents a novel garbage pickup robot which operates on the grass. The robot is
able to detect the garbage accurately and autonomously by using a deep neural network for …

Background: In Europe, the population of older people is increasing rapidly. Many older
people prefer to remain in their homes but living alone could be a risk for their safety. In this …

The idea of robots taking over and replacing humanity continues to spark people's
imagination. This may partially be attributable on the fact that, since they were introduced in …

The integration of robotic systems and artificial intelligence into healthcare settings is
accelerating. As these technological developments interact socially with children, the …

In this article, a robot system for intelligent water surface cleaner named IWSCR is
developed to collect floating plastic garbage. It is able to accomplish three major tasks …

Technological advances in the robotic and ICT fields represent an effective solution to
address specific societal problems to support ageing and independent life. One of the key …

This paper, which reports a qualitative study on a social robot in a local shopping mall in
Japan, explores how visitors interacted, understood, and accepted it. In the shopping mall …

What kind of framework is needed to realize social robot applications in real public
environments? Based on several years of experience in conducting field studies with social …