ArticleAnnual review of control, robotics, and autonomous systems2024
Physically Assistive Robots: A Systematic Review of Mobile and Manipulator Robots that Physically Assist People with Disabilities.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Innovation, Adaptation, and Human Dignity in Assistive Robotics in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Rehabilitation Medicine Perspective.Journal of biotechnology and biomedicine · 2026Article
- Attitudes towards Humanoid Robots for In-Home Assistance.RO-MAN ... : the ... IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication : proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication · 2025Article
- To Ask or Not To Ask: Human-in-the-loop Contextual Bandits with Applications in Robot-Assisted Feeding.IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2025Article
- Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating a Robot-assisted Feeding System for Out-of-lab Use.ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction : [proceedings]. ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction · 2025Article
- User Acceptance of a Home Robotic Assistant for Individuals With Physical Disabilities: Explorative Qualitative Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Article
- Levels of shared autonomy in brain-robot interfaces: enabling multi-robot multi-human collaboration for activities of daily living.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- AccessTeleopKit: A Toolkit for Creating Accessible Web-Based Interfaces for Tele-Operating an Assistive Robot.Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Over 1 billion people in the world are estimated to experience significant disability. These disabilities can impact people's ability to independently conduct activities of daily living, including ambulating, feeding, dressing, taking care of personal hygiene, and more. Mobile and manipulator robots, which can move about human environments and physically interact with objects and people, have the potential to assist people with disabilities in activities of daily living. Although the vision of physically assistive robots has motivated research across sub-fields of robotics for decades, such robots have only recently become feasible in terms of capabilities, safety, and price. More and more research involves end-to-end robotic systems that interact with people with disabilities in real world settings. In this paper, we survey papers about physically assistive robots intended for people with disabilities from top conferences and journals in robotics, human-computer interactions, and accessible technology, to identify the general trends and research methodologies. We then dive into three specific research themes - interaction interfaces, levels of autonomy, and adaptation - and present frameworks for how these themes manifest across physically assistive robot research. We conclude with directions for future research.
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