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 …

Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is getting a lot of attention for its potential in assisting
elderly users. However, for robotic assistive applications to be effective, they need to satisfy …

Introduction Demographic changes in society and fewer personnel working in healthcare
services have resulted in an increase in the speed of development of safe, reliable robotic …

Socially assistive robotics (SAR) aims at designing robots capable of guaranteeing social
interaction to human users in a variety of assistance scenarios that range, eg, from giving …

By 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) foresees a worldwide workforce shortfall of
healthcare professionals, with dramatic consequences for patients, economies, and …

During the past 15 years, an increasing amount of works have investigated proactive robotic
behavior in relation to Human–Robot Interaction (HRI). The works engage with a variety of …

The way end-users interact with a system plays a crucial role in the high acceptance of
software. Related to this, the concept of Intelligent User Interfaces has emerged as a solution …

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 …