Sensors and Robots for Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

Information from sensors in healthcare, such as from smart systems in elderly people facilities, is expected to support a human’s active and delightful life. In line with this, robots with numerous sensors are implemented, with various applications, in many aspects of our daily life, including therapy for children with special needs or patients with dementia. Moreover, advances in sensor technology have allowed us to measure humans’ states in various applications. By sensing and processing cues from humans, such as audio, visual, and physiological signals, robotic systems obtain a better understanding toward users, leading to the provision of natural and proper human–robot interaction (HRI) during healthcare services. The approaches and perspectives of analyses are varied, from psychology to neuroscience. They include the modeling of human states during HRI, the estimation of a human’s emotions during HRI, and also the applications of robots or assistive tools for people with special needs. The main aim of this Special Issue is to bring together recent works in sensors or robotics for healthcare applications and review articles to summarize the state of the art of the field.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Sensory system for elderly people;
• Rehabilitation and medical robots;
• Interactive tools or robot applications in therapy;
• Socially assistive robots;
• Affective and cognitive sciences;
• Affective computing and social robots;
• Adaptation and personalization in sensor or robotic healthcare systems.

Dr. Jaeryoung Lee
Dr. Masakazu Hirokawa
Guest Editors

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