Assistance Robotics and Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, exploitation of assistance robotics has experienced a significant growth, mostly based on the development of sensor and processing technologies with the increasing interest in improving interaction of robots with humans in a more natural way. Robots are required to assist humans in the industry, in the manufacturing workspace, in the rehabilitation process, as well as in the medical environment. Robots are used to achieve ambient assisted living and to help older adults. Furthermore, assistive robots are used in security, search, or rescue operations, and to interact with humans with infectious diseases.

This Special Issue is focused on breakthrough developments in the field of assistive robotics, including current scientific progress in machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and imitation learning to enable assistive robots to help humans in any environment, as well as any supportive sensorial system that facilitates interaction between humans and robots at home or in the industrial environment. In addition to the aforementioned environments, methods and algorithms that combine sensors to enable assistive robots can be considered. Papers should address innovative solutions in these fields. Both review articles and original research papers are solicited.

Prof. Dr. Santiago T. Puente
Prof. Dr. Fernando Torres
Guest Editors

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