The implications for the inclusion of robots in the daily lives of frail older adults, especially in
relation to these population needs, have not been extensively studied. The “Multi-Role …

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 paper, we present a multi-modal perception based framework to realize a non-
intrusive domestic assistive robotic system. It is non-intrusive in that it only starts interaction …

Firefighting is a dangerous job with a high death rate. Robotics is the new way to protect the
environment and human lives. This work proposes an autonomous robot system that can …

In this article, we evaluate a novel type of user interface for remotely resolving challenging
situations for service robots in domestic environments. Our focus is on potential advantages …

ROBCO 12 is an Intelligent Modular Service Mobile Robot for Elderly and/or Disabled
Persons Care. This robot will “live” in the home of the elderly and/or disabled person and …

Despite remarkable progress of service robotics in recent years, it seems that a fully
autonomous robot which would be able to solve everyday household tasks in a safe and …

Two human-like intelligent artificial characters (agents) of heterogeneous realities (a
humanoid robot and a virtual human) are developed with similar intelligence and …

We present the integration of a Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System (NARS) with mobile
robots for planning and decision making. NARS enables robots to effectively handle …