Robotics for Pandemics explores various applications of robots for current global issues such as pandemics and how robotic solutions could combat the virus.

Key Features

Proposes to employ robots to improve the treatment of patients and leverage the load of the medical system

Demonstrates the concept of various robotics in healthcare telepresence, rehabilitation, therapy and delivery robots to accommodate social distancing

Explores social robot aesthetics and how social interaction and embodied experiences could be useful during social isolation

Includes anecdotes from applications used during the COVID-19 pandemic

This will be a valuable reference to professionals, academics and researchers in the field of robotics.

About the Author

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.

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