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Fast‐Tracker 2.0: Improving autonomy of aerial tracking with active vision and human location regression

Neng Pan, Ruibin Zhang, Tiankai Yang, Can Cui et al. • IET Cyber-systems and Robotics (2021)

Abstract In recent years, several progressive studies promote the development of aerial tracking. One of the representative studies is our previous work Fast‐Tracker which is applicable to various challenging tracking scenarios. However, it...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1049/csy2.12033

An empirical study of the work conditions and productive performance after collaborative robotics implementation in a manufacturing assembly process

Colim Ana, Morgado Rita, Dinis-Carvalho José, Sousa Nuno • FME Transactions (2021)

Industry 4.0 has led to a widespread and impactful evolution of technology that is transforming industry and organizations in general. Collaborative robotics is considered one of the new features in this movement allowing humans and robots ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5937/fme2104859C

Human–robot creative interactions: Exploring creativity in artificial agents using a storytelling game

Eduardo Benítez Sandoval, Ricardo Sosa, Ricardo Sosa, Massimiliano Cappuccio et al. • Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2022)

Creativity in social robots requires further attention in the interdisciplinary field of human–robot interaction (HRI). This study investigates the hypothesized connection between the perceived creative agency and the animacy of social robo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.695162

Toward a Framework for Human-Robot Interaction

Sebastian Thrun • Human-Computer Interaction (2004)

The goal of this article is to introduce the reader to the rich and vibrant field of robotics, in hopes of laying out an agenda for future research on human robot interaction. Robotics is a field in change; the meaning of the term “robot ” ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327051hci1901&2_2

Toward a Framework for Levels of Robot Autonomy in Human-Robot Interaction

Jenay M. Beer, Arthur Dan Fisk, Wendy A. Rogers • Journal of Human-Robot Interaction (2014)

A critical construct related to human-robot interaction (HRI) is autonomy, which varies widely across robot platforms. Levels of robot autonomy (LORA), ranging from teleoperation to fully autonomous systems, influence the way in which human...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.5898/jhri.3.2.beer PMC: 5656240

Robotics in Remote and Hostile Environments

James G. Bellingham, Kanna Rajan • Science (2007)

In our continuing quest for knowledge, robots are powerful tools for accessing environments too dangerous or too remote for human exploration. Early systems functioned under close human supervision, effectively limited to executing preprogr...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146230

Mixed reality for robotics

Wolfgang Hönig, Christina Milanes, Lisa Scaria, Thai Phan et al. • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2015)

Mixed Reality can be a valuable tool for research and development in robotics. In this work, we refine the definition of Mixed Reality to accommodate seamless interaction between physical and virtual objects in any number of physical or vir...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2015.7354138

Soft Robotics: New Perspectives for Robot Bodyware and Control

Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2014)

The remarkable advances of robotics in the last 50 years, which represent an incredible wealth of knowledge, are based on the fundamental assumption that robots are chains of rigid links. The use of soft materials in robotics, driven not on...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2014.00003 PMC: 4090912

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

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

An Augmented Discrete-Time Approach for Human-Robot Collaboration

Peidong Liang, Lianzheng Ge, Yihuan Liu, Lijun Zhao et al. • Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society (2016)

Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a key feature to distinguish the new generation of robots from conventional robots. Relevant HRC topics have been extensively investigated recently in academic institutes and companies to improve human and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2016/9126056

Robots and Robotics in Nursing

Gil Platon Soriano, Yuko Yasuhara, Hirokazu Ito, Kazuyuki Matsumoto et al. • Healthcare (2022)

Technological advancements have led to the use of robots as prospective partners to complement understaffing and deliver effective care to patients. This article discusses relevant concepts on robots from the perspective of nursing theories...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081571 PMC: 9407759

Laws on Robots, Laws by Robots, Laws in Robots: Regulating Robot Behaviour by Design

Ronald E. Leenes, Federica Lucivero • Law Innovation and Technology (2014)

Speculation about robot morality is almost as old as the concept of a robot itself. Asimov’s three laws of robotics provide an early and well-discussed example of moral rules robots should observe. Despite the widespread influence of the th...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.5235/17579961.6.2.193

The robotics primer

• Choice Reviews Online (2008)

The Robotics Primer offers a broadly accessible introduction to robotics for students at pre-university and university levels, robot hobbyists, and anyone interested in this burgeoning field. The text takes the reader from the most basic co...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.45-3222

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

Evolutionary Robotics

Stefano Nolfi, Dario Floreano • The MIT Press eBooks (2000)

Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their ow...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2889.001.0001

Socially intelligent robots: dimensions of human–robot interaction

Kerstin Dautenhahn • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2007)

Social intelligence in robots has a quite recent history in artificial intelligence and robotics. However, it has become increasingly apparent that social and interactive skills are necessary requirements in many application areas and conte...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2004 PMC: 2346526