This article surveys the use of natural language in robotics from a robotics point of view. To
use human language, robots must map words to aspects of the physical world, mediated by …

Purpose Driven by the shortage in qualified nurses and the high percentage of aging
populations, the past decade has witnessed a significant growth in the use of robots in …

In this paper, we present a robotic shopping assistant, designed with a cognitive
architecture, grounded in machine learning systems, in order to study how the human-robot …

Background Digital technologies, including robots, are being increasingly used in elderly
care. Their impact on users carries implications for successfully integrating technological …

Currently, the majority of solutions for human interactive action recognition typically rely on
machine vision methods, thus leading to limited application scenarios for accurate …

Robotic vision, otherwise known as computer vision for robots, is a critical process for robots
to collect and interpret detailed information related to human actions, goals, and …

Over one billion people in the world suffer from some form of disability. Nevertheless,
according to the World Health Organization, people with disabilities are particularly …

Background Health-monitoring smart homes are becoming popular, with experts arguing
that 9-to-5 health care services might soon become a thing of the past. However, no review …

This empirical study compares elderly people's social perception of human versus robotic
coaches in the context of an active and healthy aging program. In evaluating hedonic and …

The ability to accurately identify human activities is essential for developing automatic
rehabilitation and sports training systems. In this paper, large-scale exercise motion data …