Augmented reality (AR) is used to enhance the perception of the real world by integrating
virtual objects to an image sequence acquired from various camera technologies. Numerous …

Abstract Purpose of Review As robots become increasingly prevalent and capable, the
complexity of roles and responsibilities assigned to them as well as our expectations for …

Robots are expanding from industrial applications to daily life, in areas such as medical
robotics, rehabilitative robotics, social robotics, and mobile/aerial robotics systems. In recent …

Human-robot collaboration frequently requires extensive communication, eg, using natural
language and gesture. Augmented reality (AR) has provided an alternative way of bridging …

Programming robots is a challenging task exacer-bated by software bugs, faulty hardware,
and environmental fac-tors. When coding issues arise, traditional debugging techniques …

This paper presents an Augmented Reality (AR) assisted robot learning framework for
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) tasks. The proposed framework exploits an external optical …

Remote teleoperation is an important robot control method when they cannot operate fully
autonomously. Yet, teleoperation presents challenges to effective and full robot utilization …

Overhead work involving the construction and maintenance of civil infrastructure (eg,
tunnels, overpasses, and buildings) is strenuous and fatigue-inducing for human workers …

Future versatile robots need the ability to learn new tasks and behaviors from
demonstrations. Recent advances in virtual and augmented reality position these …

While we can see robots in more areas of our lives, they still make errors. One common
cause of failure stems from the robot perception module when detecting objects. Allowing …