A review and comparison of ontology-based approaches to robot autonomy

A Olivares-Alarcos, D Beßler, A Khamis… - The Knowledge …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Within the next decades, robots will need to be able to execute a large variety of tasks
autonomously in a large variety of environments. To relax the resulting programming effort, a …

A review of recent research in social robotics

TB Sheridan - Current opinion in psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Social robotics research deals primarily with affect and caring interaction with
human users.•Social robotics is a new field of psychological research focused in a single …

The CARESSES randomised controlled trial: exploring the health-related impact of culturally competent artificial intelligence embedded into socially assistive robots …

C Papadopoulos, N Castro, A Nigath… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This trial represents the final stage of the CARESSES project which aimed to develop and
evaluate a culturally competent artificial intelligent system embedded into social robots to …

Safety concerns emerging from robots navigating in crowded pedestrian areas

P Salvini, D Paez-Granados, A Billard - International Journal of Social …, 2022 - Springer
The slogan “robots will pervade our environment” has become a reality. Drones and ground
robots are used for commercial purposes while semi-autonomous driving systems are …

Ontology-based knowledge representation in robotic systems: A survey oriented toward applications

S Manzoor, YG Rocha, SH Joo, SH Bae, EJ Kim… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Knowledge representation in autonomous robots with social roles has steadily gained
importance through their supportive task assistance in domestic, hospital, and industrial …

Cultural differences in joint attention and engagement in mutual gaze with a robot face

S Marchesi, A Abubshait, K Kompatsiari, Y Wu… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Joint attention is a pivotal mechanism underlying human ability to interact with one another.
The fundamental nature of joint attention in the context of social cognition has led …

A dichotomic approach to adaptive interaction for socially assistive robots

RD Benedictis, A Umbrico, F Fracasso… - User Modeling and User …, 2023 - Springer
Socially assistive robotics (SAR) aims at designing robots capable of guaranteeing social
interaction to human users in a variety of assistance scenarios that range, eg, from giving …

Redefining culture in cultural robotics

ML Ornelas, GB Smith, M Mansouri - AI & SOCIETY, 2023 - Springer
Cultural influences are pervasive throughout human behaviour, and as human–robot
interactions become more common, roboticists are increasingly focusing attention on how to …

The social robot in rehabilitation and assistance: what is the future?

D Giansanti - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
This commentary aims to address the field of social robots both in terms of the global
situation and research perspectives. It has four polarities. First, it revisits the evolutions in …

AI and robotics to help older adults: Revisiting projects in search of lessons learned

G Cortellessa, R De Benedictis, F Fracasso… - Paladyn, Journal of …, 2021 - degruyter.com
This article is a retrospective overview of work performed in the domain of Active Assisted
Living over a span of almost 18 years. The authors have been creating and refining artificial …