The internet of things (IoT) aims to extend the internet to real-world objects, connecting smart
and sensing devices into a global network infrastructure by connecting physical and virtual …

Robots of today are eager to leave constrained industrial environments and embrace
unexplored and unstructured areas, for extensive applications in the real world as service …

This paper presents a method of designing variable structure control systems for robots. As
the on-board robot computational resources are limited, but in some cases the demands …

The receptionist job, consisting in providing useful indications to visitors in a public office, is
one possible employment of social robots. The design and the behaviour of robots expected …

This paper presents the implementation and investigation of a novel user centred method,
adopted to design, develop and test a personal robot system, composed of a mobile robotic …

It is a general truth that increase of age is associated with a level of mental and physical
decline but unfortunately the former are often accompanied by social exclusion leading to …

The paper presents a holistic robotic system specification methodology taking into account
both the system structure and its activities. It is based on the concept of an embodied agent …

We conducted a cross-sectional survey among three different occupational groups; Finnish
university staff members, Finnish catering & food service company, and Brazilian teachers …

Medical advances have increased life expectancy to the point where senior citizens
comprise a larger than ever percentage of the general population. The RAPP project …

Illiteracy can be a significant obstacle to any given country's economic and social
development. Hence, exploiting the potential of Information and Communication Technology …