Assistance and service systems are one of the main research topics in robotics today. A major problem for creating these systems is that they have to work and navigate in the real ...
We describe a mobile robot system, designed to assist residents of an retirement facility. This system is being developed to respond to an aging population and a predicted shortage...
Abstract Many elderly and physically impaired people experience difficulties when maneuvering a powered wheelchair. In order to provide improved maneuvering, powered wheelchairs ha...
This article investigates the problem of acquiring 3D object maps of indoor household environments, in particular kitchens. The objects modeled in these maps include cupboards, ta...
Radu Bogdan Rusu, Zoltan Csaba Marton, Nico Blodow...
— Repetitive manual handling of heavy loads is common in assembly and is a frequent cause of lower back disorders. This can have a significant impact on the quality of life and ...