Ubiquitous computing is increasingly becoming reality, even for people outside of research. A group that will have to face the challenges of this new technology is product and ind...
This paper introduces a novel way to allow non-expert users to create smart surroundings. Non-smart everyday objects such as furniture and appliances found in homes and offices can...
We are investigating how to provide intelligent, pervasive support of group of people within so-called “smart environments”. Our current main assumption, based on literature in...
As robots enter everyday life and start to interact with ordinary people the question of their appearance becomes increasingly important. A user’s perception of a robot can be s...
Mike Blow, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Andrew Appleby, Chr...
In this paper, we present our e orts towards developing an intelligent tourist system. The system is equipped with a unique combination of sensors and software. The hardware inclu...
Jie Yang, Weiyi Yang, Matthias Denecke, Alex Waibe...