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We believe that assistance and service robots are a major technological trend that could lead to a spread similar to smartphones today. Thus, it could be normal to have such a robot at home to support people during their daily life. The main challenge ...

While seamless switching between the accompanying and handling modes for an outdoor personal robot is required, a lack of sensors that can robustly detect the proximity and touch of the user has hindered its practical development. In this study, a novel ...

Human-robot interaction (HRI)1 is one of the main fields in the study and research of robotics. Within this field, dialogue systems and interaction by voice play an important role. When speaking about human-robot natural dialogue we assume that the ...

We employed a context-based teaching strategy using personal robots in an introductory computer science course. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First we describe our experiences using the IPRE (Institute for Personal Robots in Education) program ...

Robotic companions offer a unique combination of embodiment and computation which open many new interesting opportunities in the field of pediatric care. As these new technologies are developed, we must consider the central research questions of how ...

In this paper, we investigate comprehensive issues of modularized robot systems and present architecture for effective development of personal robots. The proposed architecture includes the interface and interaction methodology of the hardware modules ...

In this paper the authors focus on the interaction between users and personal robots that can move in a real environment. When the creation of robots that can perform in an ordinary home or office is considered, it is difficult to imagine beforehand ...

This paper proposes a novel direct internet control architecture for internet-based personal robot, which is insensitive to the inherent internet time delay. The personal robot can be controlled using a simulator provided at a local site. Since the ...

The last few years have been characterized by the continuous development of information and communication technologies, robotics technologies, and home automation technologies. The number of application areas for such technologies is increasing, ...