Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
20 results found in Assistive Robotics.
- AI Suitcase (AI-suitcase, Accessibility AI Suitcase)
- A suitcase-shaped autonomous navigation robot for blind and low-vision travellers, developed as an open research platform by IBM Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Miraikan (the Japanese National M…
- Assistive Drone (Assistive UAV, Assistive Quadcopter)
- A small unmanned aerial vehicle configured to assist a person with a disability — most often a blind or low-vision user — with tasks such as locating objects, navigating unfamiliar environments, scann…
- Big Five Personality Traits (Big Five, Five-Factor Model, OCEAN Model)
- A widely used psychological model that describes human personality along five trait dimensions: Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. Originally deve…
- Bite Acquisition
- In robot-assisted feeding, the stage in which a robot uses a utensil to pick up a piece of food from a plate or bowl. Bite acquisition is a core technical challenge in assistive feeding robotics becau…
- Bite Transfer
- In robot-assisted feeding, the stage of the feeding cycle in which a robot arm moves food already on a utensil from a pickup location into the user's mouth. Bite transfer is distinct from bite acquisi…
- CaBot (Carry-on Robot, Carnegie Mellon Suitcase Robot)
- A research project begun in 2017 at Carnegie Mellon University that developed a suitcase-shaped autonomous navigation robot to guide blind and low-vision travellers through indoor public spaces. CaBot…
- Cognitively Assistive Robot (CAR)
- A category of socially assistive robot designed specifically to support people with cognitive impairments — most commonly mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, traumatic brain injury, or learning…
- Delegation (Human-Robot Interaction) (Delegation, Task delegation to robot)
- In human-robot interaction, the explicit transfer of a task or decision from a human to a robot. Delegation is a form of shared control in which authority for a specific subtask — for example, asking …
- Freezing Robot Problem (Freezing robot, Robot freezing)
- A classic failure mode of autonomous robots operating among people, first characterised by Trautman and Krause (2010), in which a robot stalls indefinitely because every candidate path is blocked by p…
- Humanoid Robot (Humanoid)
- A robot whose physical form approximates a human body, typically with a head, torso, two arms, and (in bipedal designs) two legs. Humanoid robots are studied in accessibility research as embodied demo…
- Map-less Navigation (Mapless navigation, Infrastructure-free navigation)
- A class of robotic and assistive navigation techniques that do not require a pre-built environmental map or installed infrastructure such as Bluetooth Low Energy beacons, ultra-wideband anchors, or vi…
- Omakase (Omakase mode, I leave it to you)
- A Japanese word — literally 'I leave it to you' — adopted in human-robot interaction and assistive-AI research to describe a mode of user involvement in which the person defers all decisions to the sy…
- Robotic Arm (Robot Arm, Assistive Robotic Arm, Manipulator Arm)
- A programmable mechanical device with jointed segments that can grasp, move, and manipulate objects, controlled through various input methods. In assistive technology contexts, robotic arms are used t…
- Robotic Guide Dog (Robot Guide Dog, Quadruped Guide Robot)
- A mobile robot — typically a quadruped platform — designed to provide navigation and obstacle-avoidance support for blind and low-vision users, filling a role analogous to that of a trained guide dog.…
- Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
- A foundational robotics technique in which a robot constructs a map of an unknown environment while simultaneously estimating its own pose within that map. SLAM combines sensor input (typically LiDAR,…
- Social Navigation (Socially-aware navigation, Socially compliant robot navigation)
- In robotics, the problem of moving through an environment that contains people, in a way that respects social norms, comfort, and safety. Social navigation goes beyond obstacle avoidance: it requires …
- Social Robot Navigation (Socially-aware robot navigation, Social navigation)
- A subfield of robotics concerned with how a mobile robot should move through environments shared with humans — choosing paths, speeds, and timings that respect social norms as well as physical obstacl…
- Suitcase Robot (Suitcase-shaped robot, Robotic suitcase)
- A class of autonomous navigation robots housed inside a rolling suitcase or carry-on-shaped enclosure, designed so that a blind or low-vision user can grip the handle and be guided to a destination wh…
- Vocal Joystick (VJ, Voice Joystick)
- A voice-based human-computer interface that uses continuous non-verbal vocal sounds (rather than spoken words) to provide proportional, real-time control of devices, cursors, or robotic systems. The V…
- White Glove Service
- A hospitality concept denoting personalized, detail-oriented service characterized by five qualities: anticipatory assistance (acting before being asked), discretion and privacy, attention to detail, …