@article{61947f3c8c8b4c3fb67189cc14d2423b,
title = "Robot companions for citizens",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Biomaerials, Ethical and legal issues, Human and social sciences, Material science, Nanotechnologies, Neuroscience, Robotics, Social neuroscience, Tissue engineering",
author = "Paolo Dario and Verschure, {Paul F.M.J.} and Tony Prescott and Gordon Cheng and Giulio Sandini and Roberto Cingolani and R{\"u}diger Dillmann and Dario Floreano and Christophe Leroux and Sheila MacNeil and Pieter Roelfsema and Xenophon Verykios and Antonio Bicchi and Chris Melhuish and Alin Albu-Sch{\"a}ffer",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the EU under the CA-RoboCom Project (FP7-ICT-2011-FET-F, P.N. 284951). The authors thank Dr. Nicola Vitiello and Dr. Calogero Maria Oddo for meaningful discussion and contribution. ; 2nd European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition 2011, FET 11 ; Conference date: 04-05-2011 Through 06-05-2011",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1016/j.procs.2011.12.017",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
pages = "47--51",
journal = "Procedia Computer Science",
issn = "1877-0509",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}