Knowing when to assist: developmental issues in lifelong assistive robotics.
Children and adults with sensorimotor disabilities can significantly increase their autonomy through the use of assistive robots. As the field progresses from short-term, task-specific solutions to long-term, adaptive ones, new challenges are emerging. In this paper a lifelong methodological approach is presented, that attempts to balance the immediate context-specific needs of the user, with the long-term effects that the robot's assistance can potentially have on the user's developmental trajectory.
Demiris
Yiannis
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Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, UK. y.demiris@imperial.ac.uk
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002648:Child; D003201:Computers; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012371:Robotics; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014910:Wheelchairs