A survey of robots in healthcare

M Kyrarini, F Lygerakis, A Rajavenkatanarayanan… - Technologies, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, with the current advancements in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI),
robots have the potential to support the field of healthcare. Robotic systems are often …

[HTML][HTML] Application of social robots in healthcare: Review on characteristics, requirements, technical solutions

L Ragno, A Borboni, F Vannetti, C Amici, N Cusano - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cyber-physical or virtual systems or devices that are capable of autonomously interacting
with human or non-human agents in real environments are referred to as social robots. The …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the use of mobile service robots in elderly care

P Asgharian, AM Panchea, F Ferland - Robotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Assistive robotic systems in nursing care: a sco** review

C Ohneberg, N Stöbich, A Warmbein, I Rathgeber… - BMC nursing, 2023 - Springer
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 …

Emotion detection for social robots based on NLP transformers and an emotion ontology

W Graterol, J Diaz-Amado, Y Cardinale, I Dongo… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
For social robots, knowledge regarding human emotional states is an essential part of
adapting their behavior or associating emotions to other entities. Robots gather the …

[HTML][HTML] CHARMIE: A collaborative healthcare and home service and assistant robot for elderly care

T Ribeiro, F Gonçalves, IS Garcia, G Lopes… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global population is ageing at an unprecedented rate. With changes in life expectancy
across the world, three major issues arise: an increasing proportion of senior citizens; …

A systematic review of collaborative robots for nurses: where are we now, and where is the evidence?

GT Babalola, JM Gaston, J Trombetta… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Robots present an opportunity to enhance healthcare delivery. Rather than
targeting complete automation and nurse replacement, collaborative robots, or “cobots” …

A mini-review on mobile manipulators with Variable Autonomy

CA Contreras, A Rastegarpanah, M Chiou… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents a mini-review of the current state of research in mobile manipulators
with variable levels of autonomy, emphasizing their associated challenges and application …

On the Remarkable Advancement of Assistive Robotics in Human-Robot Interaction-Based Health-Care Applications: An Exploratory Overview of the Literature

F Gongor, O Tutsoy - International Journal of Human–Computer …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
With the rapid advancement of technology, assistive robotic entities have arisen as
indispensable instruments within diverse Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)-based health-care …

Statistically Distinct Plans for Multiobjective Task Assignment

N Wilde, J Alonso-Mora - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study the problem of finding statistically distinct plans for stochastic task assignment
problems such as online multirobot pickup and delivery (MRPD) when facing multiple …