Autonomous robots have the potential to serve as versatile caregivers that improve quality of
life for millions of people worldwide. Yet, conducting research in this area presents …

Assistive robot arms enable people with disabilities to conduct everyday tasks on their own.
These arms are dexterous and high-dimensional; however, the interfaces people must use …

A robot-assisted feeding system can potentially help a user with upper-body mobility
impairments eat independently. However, autonomous assistance in the real world is …

Eating is an essential activity of daily living (ADL) for staying healthy and living at home
independently. Although numerous assistive devices have been introduced, many people …

Food is not only fundamental to our existence, its consumption, handling or even the mere
sight of its also brings us immense joy. Over the years, technology has played a crucial part …

There is an increasing trend in HCI on studying human-food interaction, however, we find
that most work so far seems to focus on what happens to the food before and during eating …

Purpose: Knowledge translation (KT) refers to the process of applying the most promising
research outcomes into practice to ensure that new discoveries and innovations improve …

Meal assistance robots provide disabled individuals the access to one of the important
activities in daily living, self-feeding. This paper proposes a Steady State Visually Evoked …

A Meal Assistance Robot is an assistive device that is used to aid individuals who cannot
independently direct food to their mouths for consuming. For individuals who undergo loss of …

We develop data-driven models to predict when a robot should feed during social dining
scenarios. Being able to eat independently with friends and family is considered one of the …