Robot Companions for Citizens

• Presented at: FET'11, Budapest
• Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition 2011 (FET 11), vol. 7, p. 47-51
• Series: Procedia Computer Science
• Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011

This paper describes the scientific vision and objectives of the FET Flagship candidate initiative Robot Companions for Citizens. Robot Companions will be a new generation of machines that will primarily help and assist elderly people in activities of daily living in their workplace, home and in society. They will be the ICT solution for a new sustainable welfare.

Note: Invited Paper

Keywords: Robotics; nanotechnologies; material science; tissue engineering; biomaerials; neuroscience; social neuroscience; human and social sciences; ethical and legal issues

Reference

• EPFL-CONF-173765
• doi:10.1016/j.procs.2011.12.017

• URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187705091100682X

Record created on 2012-01-11, modified on 2012-03-21