Robotics have advanced significantly over the years, and human–robot interaction (HRI) is
now playing an important role in delivering the best user experience, cutting down on …

In this paper we present a prototype integrated robotic system, the I-Support bathing robot,
that aims at supporting new aspects of assisted daily-living activities on a real-life scenario …

Human recognition technology is a task that determines the people existing in images with
the purpose of identifying them. However, automatic human recognition at night is still a …

Assistive robots can potentially improve the quality of life and personal independence of
elderly people by supporting everyday life activities. To guarantee a safe and intuitive …

In this paper, we explore deep learning architectures applied to the air-writing recognition
problem where a person writes text freely in the three dimensional space. We focus on …

Robot-assisted bed bathing holds the potential to enhance the quality of life for older adults
and individuals with mobility impairments. Yet, accurately sensing the human body in a …

Background Gesture-based human-robot interaction (HRI) depends on the technical
performance of the robot-integrated gesture recognition system (GRS) and on the gestural …

Robotic assistance presents an opportunity to benefit the lives of many people with physical
disabilities, yet accurately sensing the human body and tracking human motion remain …

Improving robots with self-learning ability is one of the critical challenges for the researchers
in the area of cognitive robotics and artificial general intelligence. This robot will decide …

Toward the goal of robots performing robust and intelligent physical interactions with people,
it is crucial that robots are able to accurately sense the human body, follow trajectories …