The use of drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in urban areas has emerged rapidly in the
last decade, and continues to expand at an unprecedented pace. Alongside these emergent …

Virtual reality (VR) has been widely used as a tool to assist people by letting them learn and
simulate situations that are too dangerous and risky to practice in real life, and one of these …

This work is part of an ongoing research project to develop an unmanned flying social robot
to monitor dependants at home in order to detect the person's state and bring the necessary …

Virtual reality (VR) simulators enable the evaluation of engineering systems and robotic
solutions in safe and realistic environments. To do so, VR simulators must run algorithms in …

Social drones are autonomous flying machines designed to operate in inhabited
environments. Yet, little is known about how their proximity might impact people's well-being …

With the widespread application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), flight safety issues
have gradually become prominent. To improve the safety level of UAV flight, a conceptual …

Given the rising popularity of robotics, student-driven robot development projects are playing
a key role in attracting more people towards engineering and science studies. This article …

Modern developments in speech-enabled drones and aerial manipulation systems (AMS)
enable drones to have social interactions with people, which is important for therapeutic …

Due to their flexible deployment and movement capability, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
are being utilized as flying mobile edge computing (MEC) platforms, offering real-time …

Human-robot proxemics behaviors can vary significantly based on personal, robot, and
environmental factors which, along with their deployment in public-facing interactions, calls …