Robots in therapy for dementia patients

This paper presents the application developed for humanoid robots which are used in
therapy of dementia patients, as a cognitive stimulation tool. It has been created using BICA …

Robotherapy with dementia patients

F Martín, CE Agüero, JM Cañas… - International …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Humanoids have increasingly become the focus of attention in robotics research in recent
years, especially in service and personal assistance robotics. This paper presents the …

Real-time body gesture recognition using depth camera

T Gonzalez-Sanchez, D Puig - Electronics Letters, 2011 - IET
Human body gesture recognition is a common problem in human–robot interaction.
Presented is a novel method for body gesture recognition using a RGB-Depth camera. The …

Client-Server Approach for Managing Visual Attention, Integrated in a Cognitive Architecture for a Social Robot

F Martín, J Ginés, FJ Rodríguez-Lera… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper proposes a novel system for managing visual attention in social robots. This
system is based on a client/server approach that allows integration with a cognitive …

A simple, efficient, and scalable behavior-based architecture for robotic applications

F Martín, CE Aguero, JM Canas - Robot 2015: Second Iberian Robotics …, 2016 - Springer
In the robotics field, behavior-based architectures are software systems that define how
complex robot behaviors are decomposed into single units, how they access sensors and …

Myrabot+: A feasible robotic system for interaction challenges

FM Rico, FJR Lera, VM Olivera - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the development of a low cost robotic platform named MYRABot+,
which is able to make the required tasks in order to assist a human in a domestic …

[PDF][PDF] A robotic platform for domestic applications

F Martın, J Mateos, FJ Lera, P Bustos… - XV Workshop of …, 2014 - academia.edu
During the last years, robots are leaving industrial or research environments and sharing the
same space with humans. This paper describes a robotic platform and its behavior …

NAO Robot's Vision Control and Kick Motion Generation

AR Soomro, MA Khan, BA Arain, N Mughal… - VFAST Transactions on …, 2024 - vfast.org
This case study explores the enhancement of the Nao robot's soccer-playing capabilities in
the Standard Platform League (SPL) by integrating a vision-based system. Robots' computer …

Comparison of smart visual attention mechanisms for humanoid robots

CE Agüero, F Martín, L Rubio… - International Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Cameras are one of the most relevant sensors in autonomous robots. One challenge with
them is to manage the small field of view of regular cameras. A method of co** with this …

[PDF][PDF] Gentlebots-Team Description Paper

FJR Lera, FM Rico, VM Olivera - 2023 - athome.robocup.org
The present report shows the capabilities of the Spanish team named Gentlebots and it is
submitted for qualification in the Open Platform League in the 2024 RoboCup@ Home …