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 …

Artificial intelligence (AI) products play a significant role in achieving environmental
sustainability. These products can save various resources (eg, energy, water), achieve cost …

Social dining, ie, eating with/in company, is replete with meaning and cultural significance.
Unfortunately, for the 1.8 million Americans with motor impairments who cannot eat without …

Assistive robot arms enable people with disabilities to conduct everyday tasks on their own.
These arms are dexterous and high-dimensional; however, the interfaces people must use …

Robot-assisted feeding can greatly enhance the lives of those with mobility limitations.
Modern feeding systems can pick up and position food in front of a care recipient's mouth for …

Food acquisition with common general-purpose utensils is a necessary component of robot
applications like in-home assistive feeding. Learning acquisition policies in this space is …

Acquiring food items with a fork poses an immense challenge to a robot-assisted feeding
system, due to the wide range of material properties and visual appearances present across …

Robot-assisted feeding has the potential to improve the quality of life for individuals with
mobility limitations who are unable to feed themselves independently. However, there exists …

Robot-assisted feeding in household environments is challenging because it requires robots
to generate trajectories that effectively bring food items of varying shapes and sizes into the …