Challenges in Task Incremental Learning for Assistive Robotics

The Grand Challenges in Socially Assistive Robotics

Socially Assistive Robotics focuses on helping human users through social rather than physical interaction [1]. This paper describes the broad scope of socially assistive robotics, focusing on a general description of robotic technologies that have been and are currently being developed to assist people with disabilities. The paper then proposes the grand challenges of this field, and a list of...

Socially assistive robotics for guiding motor task practice

Due to their quantitative nature, robotic systems are useful tools for systematically augmenting human behavior and performance in dynamic environments, such as therapeutic rehabilitation settings. The e cacy of human-robot interaction (HRI) in these settings will depend on the robot’s coaching style. Our goal was to investigate the influence of robot coaching styles designed to enhance motivat...

Assistive and rehabilitation robotics

Assistive robotics aims at developing solutions (mechatronic devices, systems and technologies) to assist and interact with individuals with reduced motor or cognitive abilities in order to increase their autonomy in a personal environment. Rehabilitation robotics proposes similar solutions for assisted therapy and objective functional assessment of these patients usually in a clinical context ...

Towards Socially Assistive Robotics

Personalized Socially Assistive Robotics

The start of the 21st century, with its confluence of scientific and technological sophistication, presents a unique opportunity for robotics to positively impact human quality of life. Significant and growing societal needs include the lack of personalized one-on-one care for the growing populations of elderly individuals, children with developmental disorders, and those with special life-long...