Feel-Good Robotics: Requirements on Touch for Embodiment in Assistive Robotics

Embodiment Effects in Evolutionary Robotics

We evolve simple neural network controllers in swimming robots in order to test the hypothesis that, given distinct dimensions of control for the tail structure, evolution will favor the emergence of modular neural networks as most likely to enhance fitness (successful light harvesting). Evolution does lead to improved fitness, but this does not appear to result from increases in modularity. Ho...

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...

Is Developmental Robotics a Solution for Socially Assistive Robotics?

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