In recent years, with the current advancements in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI),
robots have the potential to support the field of healthcare. Robotic systems are often …

Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research,
and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in …

The remarkable progress in algorithms for machine and deep learning have opened the
doors to new opportunities, and some dark possibilities. However, a bright future awaits …

Motivated by the recent explosion of interest around Educational Robotics (ER), this paper
attempts to re-approach this area by suggesting new ways of thinking and exploring the …

Ageing societies and the associated pressure on the care systems are major drivers for new
developments in socially assistive robotics. To understand better the real-world potential of …

Safety in human-robot interaction can be divided into physical safety and perceived safety,
where the latter is still under-addressed in the literature. Investigating perceived safety in …

Global demographics trend toward an aging population. Hence, there will be an increased
social demand for elderly care. Recently, assistive technologies such as service robots have …

Robots increasingly act as our social counterparts in domains such as healthcare and retail.
For these human-robot interactions (HRI) to be effective, a question arises on whether we …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the implications of integrating humanoid service robots
into hospitality service encounters by evaluating two service prototypes using Softbank …

Researchers' goals shape the questions they raise, collaborators they choose, methods they
use, and outcomes of their work. This article offers a fresh vision of artificial intelligence (AI) …