Abstract: Victims of fire events may suffer property damage as well as fatalities. A fireman must safely put out a fire in order to avoid damage and loss. A firefighter's life is in danger while doing ...

Abstract: For a robot to personalize physical assistance effectively, it must learn user preferences that can be generally reapplied to future scenarios. In this work, we investigate personalization ...

Robots now play a vital role across modern society, often described as human-like due to their growing presence in social and commercial environments. With advances in artificial intelligence, they ...

Maggie Wachter, a mother of two in Philadelphia, has heard every rinse-and-repeat excuse in the book to skip a bath. Recently, Wachter’s 11-year-old son declared that no shower was necessary after a ...

Deciding which robotic vacuum or mop is right for your home can be hard. You read through all of their features and find that they all kind of offer the same things, with some exceptions, for vastly ...