Background and Aim Loneliness is a common problem in older adults and contributes to
poor health. This scoping review aimed to synthesize and report evidence on the …

Global demographics trend toward an aging population. Hence, there will be an increased
social demand for elderly care. Recently, assistive technologies such as service robots have …

Analyzing scenes thoroughly is crucial for mobile robots acting in different environments.
Semantic segmentation can enhance various subsequent tasks, such as (semantically …

Background Intelligent physical robots based on artificial intelligence have been argued to
bring about dramatic changes in health care services. Previous research has examined the …

Over the last two decades, several deployments of robots for in-house assistance of older
adults have been trialled. However, these solutions are mostly prototypes and remain …

As the field of social robotics is growing, a consensus has been made on the design and
implementation of robotic systems that are capable of adapting based on the user actions …

In this article, we present results obtained from field trials with the Hobbit robotic platform, an
assistive, social service robot aiming at enabling prolonged independent living of older …

Abstract The integration of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) frameworks with Socially Assistive
Robots (SARs) has proven useful for monitoring and assisting older adults in their own …

Fifth generation (5G) mobile communication technology can enable novel healthcare
applications and augment existing ones. However, 5G-enabled healthcare applications …

Innovations in HCI research of health-related pervasive and ubiquitous technologies can
potentially improve older adults' access to healthcare resources and support long-term …