Traditionally, advances in robotic technology have been in the manufacturing industry due to
the need for collaborative robots. However, this is not the case in the service sectors …

Background The use of assistive robotic systems in care is intended to relieve nursing staff.
Differentiated and literature-based findings on current application possibilities, technological …

Creating and sustaining rapport between robots and people is critical for successful robotic
services. As a first step towards this goal, we explored a personalization strategy with a …

In this paper, the need for automated transportation systems for hospitals is investigated.
Among other alternatives, mobile robots stand out as the most prominent means of …

This paper describes the development of a laser-based people detection and obstacle
avoidance algorithm for a differential-drive robot, which is used for transporting materials …

This paper is a survey on autonomous hospital logistics systems. We present commercial
products that are successfully installed in the hospitals and research projects proposed by …

Demographic changes and a predicted shortage of nursing staff are progressively putting
pressure on the healthcare system. Care robots may represent one part of a possible …

Automated guided vehicles (AGV), which are frequently used to reduce the workload of
employees in production systems, are now being used in service systems. AGV has been …

To make robots coexist and share the environments with humans, robots should understand
the behaviors or the intentions of humans and further predict their motions. In this paper, an …

The development of intelligent medical service robots for patient care presents significant
challenges, particularly in integrating diverse knowledge sources and enabling robots to …