The tourism industry will be shaped by the growth and development of the metaverse in the
coming decades. Virtual reality (VR) will enable the creation of virtual worlds, avatars, digital …

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 …

The rise of service robots is changing how products and services are delivered, significantly
affecting customer outcomes. However, research has yet to specifically examine how the …

Owing to technological advancements, kiosks have become more prevalent in public places.
When using such kiosks, elderly persons and people with disabilities face problems related …

The potential of occupational exoskeletons can only be realized if workers are willing to
wear them on their bodies. As classical technology acceptance theories originate in …

The paper presents REPeat, a Real2Sim2Real framework designed to enhance bite
acquisition in robot-assisted feeding for soft foods. It uses 'pre-acquisition actions' such as …

Brain–computer interface (BCI)-based assistive technologies enable intuitive and efficient
user interaction, significantly enhancing the independence and quality of life of elderly and …

Despite decades of research on personal physically assistive robots for people with motor
impairments, deployments of such robots are still few. Part of the reason is that every user's …

Automated fiber placement (AFP) systems accommodate complex-shaped structures by
pressing fibers against the non-planar surfaces of mandrels, in which compaction …

This paper aims to study the concept of the metaverse as reflected in the Three-Body game
in the TV series The Three-Body Problem, as well as the current development status of the …