Assistive Robotics

A Bayesian Framework for Learning Proactive Robot Behaviour in Assistive Tasks

Socially assistive robots represent a promising tool in assistive contexts for improving people's quality of life and well-being through social, emotional, cognitive, and physical support. However, the effectiveness of interactions heavily relies on …

Dataset and Evaluation of Automatic Speech Recognition for Multi-lingual Intent Recognition on Social Robots

While Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems excel in controlled environments, challenges arise in robot-specific setups due to unique microphone requirements and added noise sources. In this paper, we create a dataset of common robot …

Introducing Social Robots to Assess Frailty in Older Adults

Frailty is a crucial indicator in determining the well-being of older adults in terms of their health. With the growing number of elderly people, the demand for geriatricians is increasing, which means that they have less time to spend with each …