Taking care of older adults is among the major challenges currently faced by ageing
populations. Researchers, designers, and engineers have proposed socially assistive …

For human–robot interaction (HRI), perception is one of the most important capabilities. This
paper reviews several widely used perception methods of HRI in social robots. Specifically …

Over the last two decades, several deployments of robots for in-house assistance of older
adults have been trialled. However, these solutions are mostly prototypes and remain …

Robots accompanying humans is one of the core capacities every service robot deployed in
urban settings should have. We present a novel robot companion approach based on the so …

We present an approach for creating conceptual representations of human-made indoor
environments using mobile robots. The concepts refer to spatial and functional properties of …

We present a novel robot social-aware navigation framework to walk side-by-side with
people in crowded urban areas in a safety and natural way. The new system includes the …

A long-term Human-Robot Proxemic (HRP) study was performed using a newly developed
Autonomous Proxemic System (APS) for a robot to measure and control the approach …

A very important aspect in develo** robots capable of human-robot interaction (HRI) is the
research in natural, human-like communication, and subsequently, the development of a …

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in enabling autonomous social robots to
interact with people. However, many questions remain unresolved regarding the social …

This paper investigates the influence of visual appearance of social robots on judgments
about their potential applications. 183 participants rated the appropriateness of thirteen …