A wide range of human–robot collaborative applications in diverse domains, such as
manufacturing, health care, the entertainment industry, and social interactions, require an …

A vision-based target-following guider for mobile robot is presented in this paper. It consists
of three parts: the visual tracking part; the target redetection part; and the visual servo part. In …

Significant research and development has been invested in technical issues related to
person following. However, a systematic approach for designing robotic person-following …

The robot behavior strategy is considered as a crucial part in the human-following task to
help the robot maintain an appropriate distance and orientation to the selected target person …

Purpose To follow and maintain an appropriate distance to the selected target person (STP),
the mobile robot is required to have capabilities: the human detection and tracking and an …

Traditional person following robots usually need hand-crafted features and a well-designed
controller to follow the assigned person. Normally it is difficult to be applied in outdoor …

An intelligent, person-following nanosatellite is under development for in-cabin astronaut
assistance in the China Space Station. It is named the Intelligent Formation Personal …

In hospitals and daily lives, a lot of patients have to carry certain medical equipment with
them, this can include dragging it, wearing bag packs or strapping to themselves. Carrying …

The operation of a telepresence robot as a service robot has gained wide attention in
robotics. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has boosted its use for medical uses, allowing …

Internet of things (IoT) and Smart Tings has gained wide interest across various segments
such as telecommunications, informatics, electronics and social science. In this paper, we …