The Cloud infrastructure and its extensive set of Internet-accessible resources has potential
to provide significant benefits to robots and automation systems. We consider robots and …

In this paper, an overview of human–robot interactive communication is presented, covering
verbal as well as non-verbal aspects. Following a historical introduction, and motivation …

In this paper, we propose a survey of the Simultaneous Localization And Map** (SLAM)
field when considering the recent evolution of autonomous driving. The growing interest …

Abstract Human–Robot Interaction challenges Artificial Intelligence in many regards:
dynamic, partially unknown environments that were not originally designed for robots; a …

Due to a general shift in manufacturing paradigm from mass production towards mass
customization, reconfigurable automation technologies, such as robots, are required …

Autonomous robots facing a diversity of open environments and performing a variety of tasks
and interactions need explicit deliberation in order to fulfill their missions. Deliberation is …

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of Rapyuta, an open-source cloud
robotics platform. Rapyuta helps robots to offload heavy computation by providing secured …

The evolution of production systems has established major challenges in internal logistics.
In order to overcome these challenges, new automation solutions have been developed and …

Cloud robotics has recently emerged as a collaborative technology between cloud
computing and service robotics enabled through progress in wireless networking, large …

In this paper, we present the current results of the newly formed IEEE-RAS Working Group,
named Ontologies for Robotics and Automation. In particular, we introduce a core ontology …