Abstract Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) is a form of direct interaction between humans
and robots. The objective of this type of interaction is to perform a task by combining the …

Rehabilitation robots, by necessity, have direct physical interaction with humans. Physical
interaction affects the controlled variables and may even cause system instability. Thus …

Purpose Shared autonomy has played a major role in assistive mobile robotics as it has the
potential to effectively balance user satisfaction and smooth functioning of systems by …

The use of on-body wearable sensors is widespread in several academic and industrial
domains. Of great interest are their applications in ambulatory monitoring and pervasive …

Assisted living systems can help support elderly persons with their daily activities in order to
help them maintain healthy and safety while living independently. However, most current …

The paper discusses the potential of assistive service robots to support disabled and elderly
people. It shows that they have considerable untapped potential in this area, but also that …

Series elastic actuators (SEAs) are known to offer a range of advantages over stiff actuators
for human–robot interaction, such as high force/torque fidelity, low impedance, and …

This paper formulates the vehicle navigation task as a constrained optimal control problem
with constraints bounding a traversable region of the environment. A model predictive …

An intelligent cane robot is designed for aiding the elderly and handicapped people's
walking. The robot consists of a stick, a group of sensors, and an omnidirectional basis …

Two rehabilitation devices, or personal aids for mobility and monitoring (PAMM), for use by
the elderly are presented. The devices are intended to delay the transition from eldercare …