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Social networks and robot companions: Technology, ethics, and science fiction

2019

Information technologies have become part of our everyday lives and are increasingly acting as intermediaries in our workplaces and personal relationships or even substituting them. This growing interaction with machines poses several questions about which we have no previous experience, nor can we reliably predict how they will influence the evolution of society. This has led to the convergence of technoscience and humanities in an ethical debate that is starting to bear fruit, not only with the setting of regulations and standards, but also with educational initiatives in university teaching, professional improvement, and the conformation of public opinion. Interestingly, science fiction …

EthicsScience fictionArtificial intelligence:Automation::Robots [Classificació INSPEC]Science and humanitiessocial aspects of automationAssistive roboticsintelligent robotslearning (artificial intelligence):Informàtica::Robòtica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]Social networksservice robots
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Brain Controlled Architecture for Human-Human Interaction Mediated by a Humanoid Robot

2017

This paper presents an Assistive social robots architecture designed for social interaction with humans, mediated by a humanoid robot. The architecture has been designed for being used by people with severe paralysis and the architecture has been tested by a user affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a locked-in state. The system allows the patient to communicate with the stakeholders using a Brain Controlled Interface, based on Evoked Response Potentials (ERP), to express needing, feelings or writing phases. Stakeholders visualize messages sent by the patient on a GUI and use a tele operated humanoid robot as an avatar of them to extend their physical presence to interact with…

Social robotAssistive RoboticComputer scienceInterface (computing)Brain Computer InterfaceBrain Computer Interface; Social Robotics; Assistive Robotics; Architecture; EEG; ERP; Human-Humanoid InteractionCommunications systemHuman–robot interactionHuman–computer interactionArchitectureRobotHuman-Humanoid InteractionEEGSocial RoboticERPHumanoid robotBrain–computer interfaceAvatarInternational Robotics & Automation Journal
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SmartLeg: An intelligent active robotic prosthesis for lower-limb amputees

2011

In recent years, there has been a worldwide interest in improvement of mobility of people with lower limb amputation. In spite of significant development of new technologies during the last decade, commercial below-knee and above-knee prostheses are still energetically passive devices. However, many locomotive functions, like walking up stairs and slopes, need significant power in knee and ankle joints. The additional power for doing previously mentioned activities needs to be achieved by means of external energy sources, which should be integral prosthetic components. This paper presents preliminary investigations towards an active robotic prosthesis that could potentially enable people wi…

Engineeringbusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentProsthesisActive robotic prosthesis assistive robotics machine learningLower limbExternal energyGait (human)StairsAmputationLower limb amputationPower consumptionmedicinebusinesshuman activitiesSimulation2011 XXIII International Symposium on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies
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