Faced with the increasingly severe global aging population with fewer children, the
research, development, and application of elderly-care robots are expected to provide some …

A rapidly evolving digital technology is revolutionising patient care and optimising
healthcare processes. This research article presents a bibliometric analysis and systematic …

Demographic changes in our society are putting a heavy burden on care facilities and health-
care infrastructure. While the elderly population is steadily increasing, there is an acute …

This article describes the robotic assistive technologies developed for users of electrically
powered wheelchairs, within the framework of the European Union's Interreg ADAPT …

This paper presents a new vision-based navigation assistant for power wheelchairs, called
SpheriCol. Inspired by the parking assist system in cars, an omnidirectional image captured …

Electric wheelchair-mounted robotic arms can help patients with disabilities to perform their
activities in daily living (ADL). Joysticks or keypads are commonly used as the operating …

Abstract In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, wherein artificial intelligence and the automation
of machines occupy a central role, the deployment of robots is indispensable. However, the …

Safety and ergonomics of Physical Human-Robot Collaboration (PHRC) are crucial to make
human-robot collaborative systems trustworthy and make a significant impact in real-world …

From robotic space assistance to healthcare robotics, there is increasing interest in robots
that offer adaptable levels of autonomy. In this paper, we propose an action representation …

Certain telerobotic applications, including telerobotics in space, pose particularly
demanding challenges to both technology and humans. Traditional bilateral …