Mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) systems incorporate video conferencing equipment onto
mobile robot devices which can be steered from remote locations. These systems, which are …

Background The world population is ageing rapidly with the percentage of older adults
increasing to 24% by 2030 from 10% in 2000. Therefore cost of providing aged care has …

Robots are increasingly being applied to home and healthcare settings, designed to serve
as personal systems. The concept of personal use implies that a robot may interact socially …

This article reports on the EU project ExCITE with specific focus on the technical
development of the telepresence platform over a period of 42 months. The aim of the project …

In this review, we explore how teleoperation could potentially be applied to the management
of humanoid robots, with an emphasis on humanoid robots that are used in assistive roles …

Robots hold significant promise to assist with providing care to an aging population and to
help overcome increasing caregiver demands. Although a large body of research has …

In this article, we describe the development of a human-robot interaction concept for service
robots to assist elderly people in the home with physical tasks. Our approach is based on the …

Abstract Service robots could support elderly people's activities of daily living and enable
them to live in their own residences independently as long as possible. Current robot …

In this chapter, we address issues related to using mobile telepresence robotics for social
interaction between people in different locations. We examine this problem space from three …

Designing robots that interact naturally with people requires the integration of technologies
and algorithms for communication modalities such as gestures, movement, facial …