Global demographics trend toward an aging population. Hence, there will be an increased
social demand for elderly care. Recently, assistive technologies such as service robots have …

There is a growing interest in using social robots in public spaces for indoor and outdoor
applications. The threat landscape is an important research area being investigated and …

Over the course of the coming decades, the societal goal of maximizing the number of older
adults who experience positive trajectories of ageing has been established. To this end …

Healthcare systems worldwide face persistent challenges in efficiency, accessibility, and
personalization. Powered by modern AI technologies such as multimodal large language …

This paper introduces a Behaviour Tree based design of long-term social robot behaviour in
the context of SHAPES project, using ROS-compatible libraries, specifically two types of …

Recently the field of Human-Robot Interaction gained popularity, due to the wide range of
possibilities of how robots can support humans during daily tasks. One form of supportive …

Life expectancy is increasing with time, and with it, more support is needed to provide care
for the elderly. Social robots may in this context support with therapy, monitoring or …

With the increase in life expectancy and staff shortage, there is an urgency to understanding
the needs of older adults and exploring emerging fields such as social robotics to tackle the …

The population in the world is aging dramatically, and therefore, the economic and social
effort required to maintain the quality of life is being increased. Assistive technologies are …

The application of robotic devices is being used as Assistive Technology (AT) for improving
rehabilitation interventions. The purposes of this research were to (1) test a novel low-cost …