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Robotic mapping: a survey

Sebastian Thrun (2003)

This article provides a comprehensive introduction into the field of robotic mapping, with a focus on indoor mapping. It describes and compares various probabilistic techniques, as they are presently being applied to a vast array of mobile ...

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Socially Assistive Robotics

David Feil-Seifer, Maja J. Matarić • International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (2005)

This paper defines the research area of socially assistive robotics, focusing on assisting people through social interaction. While much attention has been paid to robots that provide assistance to people through physical contact (which we ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/icorr.2005.1501143

Designing Sociable Robots

Cynthia Breazeal • The MIT Press eBooks (2002)

Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us a...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2376.001.0001

probabilistic robotics

Timo Oksanen, J. Tiusanen, Jari Kostamo • Wageningen Academic Publishers eBooks (2009)

Field Robot Event is an annual competition for small field robots intended for student teams. Field Robot project has been seen as a motivating challenge for project-based learning as it results to a working prototype. In Finland the team h...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086866649_102

A New Wave in Robotics: Survey on Recent MmWave Radar Applications in Robotics

Kyle Harlow, Hyesu Jang, Timothy D. Barfoot, Ayoung Kim et al. • IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2024)

We survey the current state of millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar applications in robotics with a focus on unique capabilities, and discuss future opportunities based on the state of the art. Frequency modulated continuous wave mmWave radars op...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tro.2024.3463504

Augmented Reality and Robotics: A Survey and Taxonomy for AR-enhanced Human-Robot Interaction and Robotic Interfaces

Ryo Suzuki, Adnan Karim, Tian Xia, Hooman Hedayati et al. • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2022)

This paper contributes to a taxonomy of augmented reality and robotics based on a survey of 460 research papers. Augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) have emerged as a new way to enhance human-robot interaction (HRI) and robotic interfaces (...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517719

Promoting inclusiveness in exoskeleton robotics: Addressing challenges for pediatric access

Fosch-Villaronga Eduard, Čartolovni Anto, Pierce Robin L. • Paladyn (2020)

Pediatric access to exoskeletons lags far behind that of adults. In this article, we promote inclusiveness in exoskeleton robotics by identifying and addressing challenges and barriers to pediatric access to this potentially life-changing t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/pjbr-2020-0021

Robotic surgery

Michèle Diana, Jacques Marescaux • British journal of surgery (2015)

BACKGROUND: Proficiency in minimally invasive surgery requires intensive and continuous training, as it is technically challenging for unnatural visual and haptic perceptions. Robotic and computer sciences are producing innovations to augme...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9711

Persuasive Robotics: The influence of robot gender on human behavior

Mikey Siegel, Cynthia Breazeal, Michael I. Norton • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2009)

Persuasive Robotics is the study of persuasion as it applies to human-robot interaction (HRI). Persuasion can be generally defined as an attempt to change another's beliefs or behavior. The act of influencing others is fundamental to nearly...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2009.5354116

Catheter pose-dependent virtual angioscopy images for endovascular aortic repair: validation with a video graphics array (VGA) camera

García-Vázquez Verónica, Matysiak Florian, Jäckle Sonja, Eixmann Tim et al. • Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering (2020)

Previous research reported catheter pose-dependent virtual angioscopy images for endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) (phantom studies) without any validation with video images. The goal of our study focused on conducting this validation using...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/cdbme-2020-0010

Interaction with LLM-Based Systems: A Structured Review and Taxonomy of Mechanisms and Autonomy

Dino Nejašmić, Saša Mladenović, Andrina Granić • Applied Sciences (2026)

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into interactive systems across domains such as software development, robotics, and education. As these systems evolve from simple chat interfaces to autonomous, tool-using agents, th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app16105001

Socially assistive robotics [Grand Challenges of Robotics]

Adriana Tapus, Maja J. Matarić, Brian Michael Scassellati • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (2007)

Socially intelligent robotics is the pursuit of creating robots capable of exhibiting natural-appearing social qualities. Beyond the basic capabilities of moving and acting autonomously, the field has focused on the use of the robot's physi...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2007.339605

Innovations in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a review of clinical evidence and patient-reported outcomes for ExoTMS

David Pánek, Václav Gerla, Michelle Dees, Yael Halaas et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2026)

IntroductionTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of multiple psychiatric and neurological disorders. ExoTMS represents an evolution in TMS system des...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1850212

Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation: A Robot for Wrist Rehabilitation

Hermano Igo Krebs, Bruce T. Volpe, Dustin Williams, James Celestino et al. • IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (2007)

In 1991, a novel robot, MIT-MANUS, was introduced to study the potential that robots might assist in and quantify the neuro-rehabilitation of motor function. MIT-MANUS proved an excellent tool for shoulder and elbow rehabilitation in stroke...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2007.903899 PMC: 2733849