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More work for Roomba? Domestic robots, housework and the production of privacy
Prometheus, 2022 Housework is hard work. Keeping our homes clean, tidy and comfortable takes effort and every moment we spend on housework (that we would prefer to avoid) means we have less time to devote to our private lives.
Tom N. Coggins
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Combining energy and power based safety metrics in controller design for domestic robots [PDF]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014 This paper presents a general passivity based interaction controller design approach that utilizes a combined energy and power based safety norms to assert safety of domestic robots. Since these robots are expected to co-habit the same environment with a
Stramigioli, Stefano +2 more
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Form, Function and Etiquette–Potential Users’ Perspectives on Social Domestic Robots
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2017 Social Domestic Robots (SDRs) will soon be launched en masse among commercial markets. Previously, social robots only inhabited scientific labs; now there is an opportunity to conduct experiments to investigate human-robot relationships (including user ...
Dmitry Dereshev, David Kirk
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BMC GeriatricsBackground Robots have the potential to assist older adults in their home-based daily living tasks. Previous studies indicated that older adults generally accept robot assistance.
Linda Yin-king Lee +12 more
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Considerations for designing socially assistive robots for older adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AISocial robots have the potential to support the health activities of older adults. However, they need to be designed for their specific needs; be accepted by and useful to them; and be integrated into their healthcare ecosystem and care network.
Samuel A. Olatunji +3 more
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Human-Like Room Segmentation for Domestic Cleaning Robots [PDF]
Robotics, 2017 Autonomous mobile robots have recently become a popular solution for automating cleaning tasks. In one application, the robot cleans a floor space by traversing and covering it completely.
David Fleer
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Simulation Competitions on Domestic Robots [PDF]
Robot Soccer World Cup, 2013 This paper reports a series of simulation competitions on domestic robots. All of these five competitions were based on a simulation platform focused on evaluating high-level functions of a domestic robot, including task planning and dialogue understanding.
Jianmin Ji +4 more
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Domestic Robots for Older Adults: Attitudes, Preferences, and Potential. [PDF]
Int J Soc Robot, 2014 Smarr CA +6 more
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Control strategies for cleaning robots in domestic applications: A comprehensive review
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2019 Service robots are built and developed for various applications to support humans as companion, caretaker, or domestic support. As the number of elderly people grows, service robots will be in increasing demand.
Jaeseok Kim +7 more
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How artificial intelligence can change the core of marketing theory [PDF]
Innovative Marketing, 2020 Various recently-introduced applications of artificial intelligence (AI) operate at the interface between businesses and consumers. This paper looks at whether these innovations have relevant implications for marketing theory.
Roberto Grandinetti
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