This article reports on the EU project ExCITE with specific focus on the technical
development of the telepresence platform over a period of 42 months. The aim of the project …

Assistive social robots aim to facilitate outpatient-care including required safety critical
measures. Accepting a robot to perform such measures, eg, operate in close physical …

The quality of life of people with special needs, such as residents of healthcare facilities,
may be improved through operating social telepresence robots that provide the ability to …

Because a telepresence robot is intended for use in telecommunications, conveying the
presence of a remote sender is an important issue. Even though certain characteristics of …

In face-to-face interaction, moving with and mimicking the body movements of
communication partners has been widely demonstrated to affect interpersonal processes …

Background Long-term care (LTC) settings have been disproportionately affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic; it is important to address unmet needs and explore practical strategies …

Many telepresence robots are equipped with a forward-facing camera for video
communication and a downward-facing camera for navigation. In this paper, we propose to …

Studies on social robots that can communicate with humans are increasingly important. In
particular, semi-aautonomous robots have shown potential for practical applications in …

Effective face detection in real-time is an essential procedure for achieving autonomous
motion in telepresence robots. Since the procedure demand high computation power, using …

Introduction We present Lil'Flo, a socially assistive robotic telerehabilitation system for
deployment in the community. As shortages in rehabilitation professionals increase …