Abstract
The technology behind robotics has rapidly advanced to a level enabling humans and robots to interact in everyday aspects of life. Nevertheless, it remains a challenge to design and develop these interactions to accommodate people of varying abilities [1]. Assistive Robotics is a branch of robotics that addresses the research challenges inherent in providing sensory and perception abilities and performing actions that are beneficial to the elderly and physically-challenged people [2,3]. This Special Issue presents recent research advances in the field of Assistive Robotics that can empower people to perform various tasks they could not otherwise, to be more independent, and to improve their overall quality of life. Robots for the visually impaired, telepresence robots for physical impairments, social robots for cognitive impairments, and wearable robots are some of the areas of research that were welcomed in this special issue.
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@article{Parasuraman2018c,
title = {Special Issue on “Assistive Robotics”},
author = {Ramviyas Parasuraman and Byung-Cheol Min},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/6/4/95},
doi = {10.3390/technologies6040095},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-10-20},
abstract = {The technology behind robotics has rapidly advanced to a level enabling humans and robots to interact in everyday aspects of life. Nevertheless, it remains a challenge to design and develop these interactions to accommodate people of varying abilities [1]. Assistive Robotics is a branch of robotics that addresses the research challenges inherent in providing sensory and perception abilities and performing actions that are beneficial to the elderly and physically-challenged people [2,3]. This Special Issue presents recent research advances in the field of Assistive Robotics that can empower people to perform various tasks they could not otherwise, to be more independent, and to improve their overall quality of life. Robots for the visually impaired, telepresence robots for physical impairments, social robots for cognitive impairments, and wearable robots are some of the areas of research that were welcomed in this special issue.},
keywords = {assistive devices, robotics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}