Robot assistants: Applications and evolution

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 225-234

  Dario, Paolo ^a   Guglielmelli, Eugenio ^a   Genovese, Vincenzo ^a   Toro, Maurizio ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human machine interaction; Mechatronics; Robotics; Service robots

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CYBERNETICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

MECHATRONICS; MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEM; ROBOT ASSISTANTS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SERVICE ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0030191801     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8890(96)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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