| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 153, 2018
The 4th International Conference on Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering (ICMME 2017)
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| Article Number | 02004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Robot Design and Development Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815302004 | |
| Published online | 26 February 2018 | |
A review on humanoid robotics in healthcare
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Humanoid robots have evolved over the years and today it is in many different areas of applications, from homecare to social care and healthcare robotics. This paper deals with a brief overview of the current and potential applications of humanoid robotics in healthcare settings. We present a comprehensive contextualization of humanoid robots in healthcare by identifying and characterizing active research activities on humanoid robot that can work interactively and effectively with humans so as to fill some identified gaps in current healthcare deficiency.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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