This paper discusses conditions under which some of the “higher level” mental concepts applicable to human beings might also be applicable to artificial agents. The key idea ...
Robotic technology can be used in several ways to benefit people with disabilities. This paper describes the mounting of a robotic arm to a powered wheelchair to assist disabled u...
Michael Hillman, Karen Hagan, Sean Hagan, Jill Jep...
Abstract— Inter-component communication has received considerable attention by robotic software architects as various frameworks and toolkits have matured. While the resulting pl...
Anthony Cowley, Hwa-Chow Oliver Hsu, Camillo J. Ta...
In conversation, people often use spatial relationships to describe their environment, e.g., “There is a desk in front of me and a doorway behind it”, and to issue directives,...
Marjorie Skubic, Dennis Perzanowski, Alan C. Schul...
— Safety is a critical success factor for consumer acceptance of domestic robotic products. Some researchers have adopted the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) as absolute safety norm....