Three decades ago, telepresence was presented as an idea in the context of remote work
and manipulation. Since then, it has evolved into a field combining different technologies …

As life expectancy increases, social and health assistance requires sustainable and
affordable solutions possibly usable from one's own domestic environment. In this letter, we …

In an aging society, the social needs of older adults, such as regular interactions and
independent living, are crucial for their quality of life. However, due to spatial separation …

Telepresence robots offer potential enhancements to real-time classroom participation and
social interaction for remotely located children. This mixed-method study, including …

Recently, the market of telepresence robots has a great growth especially given the
increasing demand for improving patient care by providing a direct link with doctors and …

The growing deployment of social robots requires the ability to adapt to the dynamic
changes occurring in the real environments. These reactive behaviors, however, are often …

Within the domain of smart care homes, where the well-being of the elderly is of the utmost
importance, this article introduces a novel strategy that combines an AI-enhanced task …

Abstract Mobile Telepresence Robots represent a class of robotic platforms, characterized
by a video conferencing system mounted on a mobile robotic base, which allows a pilot user …

TelePresence devices enable their users to appear and move at distant locations. In this
work, to achieve TelePresence, we installed a 360° camera on a mobile robot and streamed …

Abstract (DE) In dieser Dissertation wurde ein Voice User Interface (VUI) für Socially
Assistive Robot (SAR) konzipiert und entwickelt, mit dem Ziel, eine sprachbasierte …