Mobile service robots are needed in several applications (eg, transportation systems,
autonomous shopping carts, household activities... etc). In such scenarios the robot aids the …

In many situations, users walk on typical paths between specific destinations at which the
service of a mobile robot is needed. Depending on the environment and the paths, step-by …

We present an approach to learn optimal navigation actions for assistance tasks in which the
robot aims at efficiently reaching the final navigation goal of a human where service has to …

In this paper, we present an approach that relies on machine learning techniques to follow
people efficiently during robotic assistance tasks, in which the robot is mainly interested in …

The ability of mobile service robots to efficiently search for a person is needed in a vast
domain of applications. The search problem is especially challenging when the user is freely …

An autonomous service robot often first has to search for a user to carry out a desired task.
This is a challenging problem, especially when this person moves around since the robot's …

Since the beginning of the digital revolution robots have become an increasingly important
part of modern live. Until recently, this trend was primarily observable in industrial robots …

Foresighted, human-aware navigation is a prerequisite for service robots acting in indoor
environments. In this paper, we present a novel human-aware navigation approach that …

In this paper we present a robotic system able to guide a person to a destination in a socially
acceptable way. Our robot is able to estimate if the user is still actively following and react …

Robots are increasingly autonomous in our environments, but they still must overcome
limited sensing, reasoning, and actuating capabilities while completing services for humans …