Robotics for Pandemics

Hooman Samani is a Lecturer in Machine Learning, AI for Robotics at the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth, UK. He has worked as an associate professor and the founder and director of the AIART (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Laboratory) lab at National Taipei University of Taiwan. He holds a PhD degree in Robotics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and has worked as a Research Fellow at the Keio-NUS CUTE Centre, a joint research centre between NUS and Keio University of Japan. He is actively serving several robotics and AI related journals and conferences as editorial board member, organizing committee member, workshop organizer and reviewer. Apart from academia, he has work experience in Philips and Posco as well as R&D projects in different industrial sectors that have rounded-out his experiences. He was featured in many international media such as Discovery Channel, New Scientist and Reuters, starring his research in the emerging field of Cognitive Robotics. In tandem with his research in robotics, he has participated and won several international RoboCup competitions.

About the Editor. List of Contributors. Chapter 1 ◾ Robotics Applications for Public Health and Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Chapter 2 ◾ Beauty in Interaction: A Framework for Social Robot Aesthetics (Pandemic Edition). Chapter 3 ◾ Cyber-Physical System for Automated Service of Restaurant Visitors in Conditions of Mandatory Wearing of Masks. Chapter 4 ◾ Low-Cost Delivery and Telepresence Robot for the COVID-19 Crisis. Chapter 5 ◾ Concept of an Autonomous Robot for Medical Services, Rehabilitation and Music Therapy for Pandemics. Chapter 6 ◾ Home-Automated Robot Massaging for Pandemics. INDEX.