Remote health care is currently one of the most promising solutions to ensure a high level of
treatment outcome, cost-efficiency and sustainability of the healthcare systems worldwide …

This study presents key technologies of a mobile service robot developed to manipulate
objects around people safely. We demonstrate this ability to support staff in elderly care …

Robotic systems are increasingly seen as possible technical aids against the background of
demographic change and the associated pressures on care systems, with increasing …

Due to demographic change, health and elderly care systems are facing a shortage of
qualified caregivers. This issue can be addressed by introducing welfare robots into …

In an aging society, efficiently organizing care taking tasks is of great importance including
several players (here referred to as caregivers) like relatives, friends, professional …

In an aging society, the social needs of older adults, such as regular interactions and
independent living, are crucial for their quality of life. However, due to spatial separation …

Field studies where robots are tested in real life settings bring different challenges for
researchers, robotics scientists and users. In this paper, we address some of the challenges …

The rising number of elderly people and people in need of care results in an increased
demand of new solutions to support self-initiative and independent living. Robotics and …

Ensuring safe human-robot interactions is a crucial concern in robotics research and
development. However, controlling the social distance between quadruped robots and …

Taking over arbitrary tasks like humans do with a mobile service robot in open-world settings
requires a holistic scene perception for decision-making and high-level control. This paper …