Internet of things (IoT)-enabled smart home means all the home appliances are connected to the internet. All these devices are monitored and controlled using a mobile device, iPhone, or iPad regardless of location or time constraint. In an IoT-based smart ...

Virtual borders are employed to allow humans the interactive and flexible restriction of their mobile robots’ workspaces in human-centered environments, e.g. to exclude privacy zones from the workspace or to indicate certain areas for working. They have ...

Smart home environments should proactively support users in their activities, anticipating their needs according to their preferences. Understanding what the user is doing in the environment is important for adapting the environment's behavior, as well ...

Ubiquitous robotic systems present a number of interesting application areas for socially assistive robots that aim to improve quality of life. In particular the combination of smart home environments and relatively inexpensive robots can be a viable ...

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a two-way communication technology based on radio frequency identification (RFID), which in recent years has become one of the most popular devices in a great variety of applications. The NFC-equipped phone (NFC phone) ...

In this paper, we propose a motion-path based gesture recognition technique and show its application in a smart home environment. Users hand gestures are recognized by capturing the motion-path while they draw different symbols in the air. In order to ...