Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
13 results found in robotics.
- Assistive Robot (Personal Assistive Robot, Socially Assistive Robot, Caregiving Robot)
- A robot designed to assist people with disabilities, older adults, or those with chronic conditions in performing daily activities or maintaining independence. Assistive robots may provide physical as…
- Assistive Robotics (Rehabilitation Robotics, Assistive Robots)
- Robotic systems designed to assist people with disabilities in performing daily tasks, enhancing independence, and improving quality of life. Assistive robotics includes robotic arms for manipulation,…
- Autonomous Navigation Robot (Autonomous guide robot, Self-navigating robot)
- A mobile robot that plans and executes its own path through an environment to deliver a user or payload to a chosen destination, using onboard sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMU) and a map for localisation,…
- Avatar Robot (Robot Avatar, Telepresence Avatar)
- A physical robot that acts as a remote proxy for a human operator, enabling them to interact with a distant environment through vision, audio, and often manipulation or movement. Avatar robots extend …
- Care Technology (Care robots, Robots for care, Assistive care technology)
- Technology designed to support caregiving activities in institutional or home settings, including robotic systems, monitoring devices, and digital tools that assist care workers and care recipients. C…
- Collaborative Robot (Cobot, Co-Robot)
- A robot designed to work alongside humans in shared workspaces, as opposed to traditional industrial robots that operate in isolation. Cobots are of particular interest for workplace inclusion because…
- Drone Accessibility (UAV Accessibility, Accessible Drone Piloting)
- The design and adaptation of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and their control interfaces to be usable by people with disabilities. This includes providing alternative input methods such as voice co…
- Exoskeleton (Robotic Exoskeleton, Wearable Exoskeleton)
- A wearable mechanical or robotic device that fits around a part of the body — typically the hand, arm, or leg — and provides powered movement assistance, resistance, or guided motion. In rehabilitatio…
- Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
- The interdisciplinary field studying how humans and robots communicate, collaborate, and coexist. In accessibility contexts, HRI research explores how robots can be designed to support people with dis…
- Motion-Based AAC (Physical Expressive AAC, Expressive Sidekick)
- An emerging form of augmentative and alternative communication that uses physical movement of objects or robotic devices to convey nonverbal communicative intent during conversations. Unlike tradition…
- Occupancy Grid Map (2D occupancy grid, Grid map)
- A representation of an environment as a grid of cells, where each cell is labelled as walkable (free space), non-walkable (obstacle or wall), or unknown. Occupancy grid maps are a standard data struct…
- Pet Robot (Robotic Pet, Zoomorphic Robot, Companion Pet Robot)
- A socially interactive robot designed to resemble and behave like an animal companion — most famously PARO (a baby harp seal) and AIBO (a robotic dog) — used to provide emotional comfort, reduce lonel…
- Social Robot (Companion Robot, Assistive Social Robot)
- A robot designed to interact with people in socially meaningful ways, using verbal communication, gestures, and responsive behaviors to engage users. In accessibility contexts, social robots like Soft…