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Agents and robots for collaborating and supporting physicians in healthcare scenarios
2020
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HR1 Robot: An Assistant for Healthcare Applications
2022
According to the World Health Organization1,2 the percentage of healthcare dependent population, such as elderly and people with disabilities, among others, will increase over the next years. This trend will put a strain on the health and social systems of most countries. The adoption of robots could assist these health systems in responding to this increased demand, particularly in high intensity and repetitive tasks. In a previous work, we compared a Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) with a Virtual Agent (VA) during the execution of a rehabilitation task. The SAR consisted of a humanoid R1 robot, while the Virtual Agent represented its simulated counter-part. In both cases, the agents evalua…
Employees’ challenges and needs for reskilling when working with software robots
2022
Software robots are becoming increasingly adopted in different industries. The growing rate of automatization will affect more and more people and will result in changes in businesses of all sizes. Impacts can be observed at both the organizational and individual employee levels. A growing number of studies of software robots’ advantages and disadvantages on an organizational or industry-specific level have been carried out. However, there is limited knowledge about the employees’ perceptions of challenges and new skills needed when working with software robots. This study addresses this gap by using open-ended questionnaire responses from employees who have worked with software robots. Thi…
Aproximation of continuous media models for granular systems using cellular automata
2004
In this paper a new cellular automata model suitable for granular systems simulation is presented. The proposed model is shown to be equivalent to a particularization of the well known BCRE model of granular systems and a correspondence between the parameters of the presented model and the BCRE model is also set, allowing to fit these parameters for a given system. The model has the advantage over other cellular automata models of being more realistic in the behavior of the surface of heaps and slopes. The dynamics of the CA is analyzed in order to confirm that it also has one of the most important features of these systems, 1/f noise.
Robots intelligents outdoor : nouvelles perspectives autour de l’empowerment du consommateur
2019
Thème du congrès : « Le marketing digital »; National audience
The Law of Service Robots
2014
Il settore della robotica attiene alla progettazione e costruzione di un complesso variegato ed eterogeneo di macchine, quali robot, soldati e chirurghi, sistemi automatizzati di trasporto aereo, terrestre e marittimo, applicazioni industriali nell’ambito manifatturiero o nella agricoltura, robotica di servizio e altro ancora. Si tratta di un settore per eccellenza interdisciplinare la varietà di ambiti e applicazioni del quale fa sì che si discuta ancora sulla definizione di robot e su alcune sue proprietà: l’autonomia, l’adattatività o i gradi di interattività. Su queste basi, il problema, attualmente, non è tanto quello di determinare se e in che modo i robot ”agiscano”; la questione ver…
Robots socials. Un punt de trobada entre ciència i ficció
2014
Els robots industrials i els androides de la ciència-ficció, tan diferents fins ara, comencen a confluir gràcies al ràpid desenvolupament de la robòtica social. Atesa la creixent necessitat de mà d’obra en el sector assistencial i de serveis, s’estan dissenyant robots que puguin interaccionar amb les persones, ja sigui atenent a discapacitats i gent gran, fent de recepcionistes o dependents en centres comercials, i àdhuc actuant de mestres de reforç o mainaderes. En aquest context, proliferen les iniciatives per facilitar la inspiració mútua entre tecnociència i humanitats. Qüestions ètiques com la influència de les mainaderes robòtiques sobre el psiquisme infantil, abans tractades en obres…
Social robots: A meeting point between science and fiction
2015
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PROLISEAN: A New Security Protocol for Programmable Matter
2021
The vision for programmable matter is to create a material that can be reprogrammed to have different shapes and to change its physical properties on demand. They are autonomous systems composed of a huge number of independent connected elements called particles. The connections to one another form the overall shape of the system. These particles are capable of interacting with each other and take decisions based on their environment. Beyond sensing, processing, and communication capabilities, programmable matter includes actuation and motion capabilities. It could be deployed in different domains and will constitute an intelligent component of the IoT. A lot of applications can derive fro…
A Cognitive Robotics Implementation of Global Workspace Theory for Episodic Memory Interaction with Consciousness
2023
Abstract—Artificial general intelligence revived in recent years after people achieved significant advances in machine learning and deep learning. This leads to the thinking of how real intelligence could be created. Consciousness theories believe that general intelligence is essentially conscious, yet no universal definition is agreed upon. In this work, Global Workspace Theory is implemented and integrated with crucial cognitive components. With the focus on episodic memory and inspiration from the nature of episodic memory in psychology and neuroscience, the episodic memory component is implemented within the Global Workspace framework. In our experiment, the robotic agent operates in a …