Applied artificial intelligence and trust—The case of autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices

M Hengstler, E Enkel, S Duelli - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2016 - Elsevier
Automation with inherent artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly emerging in diverse
applications, for instance, autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices. However …

Robotic home assistant Care-O-bot® 3 - product vision and innovation platform

B Graf, U Reiser, M Hägele, K Mauz… - 2009 IEEE Workshop …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of a mobile robot to assist people in their home is a long term goal of
Fraunhofer IPA. As a vision of a future household product, the latest prototype, Care-O-bot® …

Towards reliable grasping and manipulation in household environments

M Ciocarlie, K Hsiao, EG Jones, S Chitta… - … Robotics: The 12th …, 2014 - Springer
We present a complete software architecture for reliable grasping of household objects. Our
work combines aspects such as scene interpretation from 3D range data, grasp planning …

Let me introduce myself: I am Care-O-bot 4, a gentleman robot

R Kittmann, T Fröhlich, J Schäfer, U Reiser… - 2015 - dl.gi.de
In this paper, we present the latest step in the evolution of the Care-O-bot: A general
purpose service robot that assists users in various tasks where human-like behavior and …

A probabilistic framework for learning kinematic models of articulated objects

J Sturm, C Stachniss, W Burgard - Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 2011 - jair.org
Robots operating in domestic environments generally need to interact with articulated
objects, such as doors, cabinets, dishwashers or fridges. In this work, we present a novel …

Helping people through space and time: assistance as a perspective on human-robot interaction

BA Newman, RM Aronson, K Kitani… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As assistive robotics has expanded to many task domains, comparing assistive strategies
among the varieties of research becomes increasingly difficult. To begin to unify the …

Human-human-robot interaction: robotic object's responsive gestures improve interpersonal evaluation in human interaction

D Rifinski, H Erel, A Feiner, G Hoffman… - Human–Computer …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Robots designed for social interaction are predicted to be employed in a wide range of
environments including homes, schools, and workplaces (Bartneck & Forlizzi, 2004; Fong …

The greeting machine: an abstract robotic object for opening encounters

L Anderson-Bashan, B Megidish, H Erel… - 2018 27th IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Opening encounters are an integral element of everyday social interaction, and are
essential for forming and maintaining social relationships between people. We present an …

Enhancing emotional support: The effect of a robotic object on human–human support quality

H Erel, D Trayman, C Levy, A Manor… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Emotional support in the context of psychological caregiving is an important aspect of
human–human interaction that can significantly increase well-being. In this study, we tested …

Autonomous industrial mobile manipulation (AIMM): past, present and future

M Hvilshøj, S Bøgh, OS Nielsen… - Industrial Robot: An …, 2012 - emerald.com
Following an introduction to AIMM, this paper investigates the missing links and gaps
between the research and developments efforts and the real‐world application …