The fourth industrial era, known as 'Industry 4.0'(I4. 0), aided and abetted by the digital
revolution, has attracted increasing attention among scholars and practitioners in the last …

Nowadays, robots are used extensively in manufacturing sectors because they improve
quality and efficiency of production processes. Robots can perform various tasks …

We examine the implementation of social robots in real-world settings during the COVID-19
pandemic. In particular, we analyze the areas in which social robots are being adopted, the …

We assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the automation process in Colombia, a
country that has low R&D and productivity and high labor informality. We estimate event …

With a growth of a main stream simulation tools variety and virtual experiments popularity in
a role of a first R&D stage in robotics, researchers faced a need to model their own robotic …

Today, a collaborative robotics is a rapidly developing area due to its applications in a broad
variety of sectors. Collaborative robots (cobots) are robots, which are designed specifically …

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the significance of digital health record
management systems for pandemic mitigation. Existing smart healthcare systems (SHSs) fail …

The design of a “smart hospital” environment is described in this paper. Mobile ground
robots perform transportation tasks between multiple stations located in different rooms …

Real world experiments are critical for validating performance of new concepts and
algorithms in robotics field. Yet, experiments tend to be too expensive in terms of time and …

This paper shows the primary feedback of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
interacting with Humanoid Robot NAO. Four autistic children from Society for the Welfare of …