Objective Novel developments in the robotics field have produced systems that can support
person wheelchair transfers, maximize safety and reduce caregiver burden. The purpose of …

The expanding ability of robots to take unsupervised decisions renders it imperative that
mechanisms are in place to guarantee the safety of their behaviour. Moreover, intelligent …

The transfer nursing robot plays a vital role in facilitating the movement of elderly individuals
or patients who are unable to walk, aiding in transfers between beds, wheelchairs, and …

The aim of this review was to examine the pros and cons of humanizing social robots
following a psychological perspective. As such, we had six goals. First, we defined what …

In-home elderly care faces a crucial challenge regarding mobility among essential assistive
devices, for which dual-arm care robots present a viable solution. However, ensuring human …

As the manipulation object of a patient transfer robot is a human, which can be considered a
complex and time-varying system, motion adjustment of a patient transfer robot is inevitable …

Patient transfer, such as lifting and moving a bedridden patient from a bed to a wheelchair or
a pedestal pan and back, is one of the most physically challenging tasks in nursing care. We …

Growing numbers of aging people result in great demand for social robots and virtual
humans to support health care and independent life for a long time at home. We provide an …

With the rapid advancement of technology, assistive robotic entities have arisen as
indispensable instruments within diverse Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)-based health-care …

In our research center, we have developed a nursing-care assistant robot-RIBA. This robot
can lift up and transfer patient between bed and wheelchair using two human like arms. In …