Daily life assistance is one of the most important applications for service robots. For
comfortable assistance, service robots must recognize the surrounding conditions correctly …

The paper presents the Embodied Agent-based Robot control system modelling Language
(EARL). EARL follows a Model-Driven Software Development approach (MDSD), which …

Low-cost robots are usually specialized systems that cannot solve complex tasks, eg, doing
the laundry or tidying up. These tasks are usually solved by more complex and expensive …

Generative computation has the potential to enhance the accuracy, effectiveness, and
creativity of spatial layout in design and planning. The paper proposes a methodology to …

Roboticized nursing technology is a significant means to implement efficient elderly care
and improve their welfare. Introducing multi-heterogeneous robot systems (MHRS) and …

Drawing attention to objects and their localization in the environment are essential building
blocks for domestic robot applications, eg fetch-and-delivery or navigation tasks. For this …

Virtual borders are employed to allow humans the interactive and flexible restriction of their
mobile robots' workspaces in human-centered environments, eg to exclude privacy zones …

To tackle behavioral assistance for elderly care in daily life, our laboratory rollout seven
homecare robots: walking support robot, gait rehabilitation robot, intelligent wheelchair …

To tackle behavioral assistance for elderly care and disabled care in daily life, our laboratory
rollout five welfare robots: walking support robot, walking rehabilitation robot, intelligent …

Virtual borders are employed to allow users the flexible and interactive definition of their
mobile robots' workspaces and to ensure a socially aware navigation in human-centered …