Abstract: Translating human intent into robot commands is crucial for the future of service robots in an aging society. Existing human–robot interaction (HRI) systems relying on gestures or verbal commands are impractical for the elderly, due to difficulties with complex syntax or sign language. To address the challenge, this article introduces a multimodal interaction … [Read more...] about Natural Multimodal Fusion-Based Human–Robot Interaction: Application With Voice and Deictic Posture via Large Language Model
Older adults
An Interactive Augmented Reality Interface for Personalized Proxemics Modeling: Comfort and Human–Robot Interactions
Understanding and respecting personal space preferences is essential for socially assistive robots designed for older adult users. This work introduces and evaluates a novel personalized context-aware method for modeling users’ proxemics preferences during human-robot interactions. Using an interactive augmented reality interface, we collected a set of user-preferred distances … [Read more...] about An Interactive Augmented Reality Interface for Personalized Proxemics Modeling: Comfort and Human–Robot Interactions
Radar-Based Fall Detection: A Survey [Survey]
Fall detection, particularly critical for high-risk demographics like the elderly, is a key public health concern, where timely detection can greatly minimize harm. With the advancements in radio frequency (RF) technology, radar has emerged as a powerful tool for human fall detection. Traditional machine learning (ML) algorithms, such as support vector machines (SVM) and k … [Read more...] about Radar-Based Fall Detection: A Survey [Survey]
Electronic Skin as Human–Robot Interface for Human Grasp Recognition in Home-Care Robots: Introducing a Complete Set of Resources
Population aging has highlighted the significance of developing home-care robots to assist human life. However, traditional home-care robots work according to fixed procedures, which lack human–robot interaction to mimic human hand action. Human–robot interfaces provide an opportunity for interactions between robots and users, which play an important role in home-care robots. … [Read more...] about Electronic Skin as Human–Robot Interface for Human Grasp Recognition in Home-Care Robots: Introducing a Complete Set of Resources
