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Paul Panek
Researcher at Vienna University of Technology
Publications - 69
Citations - 857
Paul Panek is an academic researcher from Vienna University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Toilet & Independent living. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 69 publications receiving 717 citations. Previous affiliations of Paul Panek include Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Gipuzkoa & Central European Institute of Technology.
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Hobbit, a care robot supporting independent living at home
David Fischinger,Peter Einramhof,Konstantinos E. Papoutsakis,Walter Wohlkinger,Peter Mayer,Paul Panek,Stefan Hofmann,Tobias Koertner,Astrid Weiss,Antonis A. Argyros,Markus Vincze +10 more
TL;DR: The principles and system components for navigation and manipulation in domestic environments, the interaction paradigm and its implementation in a multimodal user interface, the core robot tasks, as well as the results from the user studies are described.
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Socially Assistive Robots: A Comprehensive Approach to Extending Independent Living
David O. Johnson,Raymond H. Cuijpers,James F. Juola,Elena Torta,Mikhail Simonov,Antonella Frisiello,Marco Bazzani,Wenjie Yan,Cornelius Weber,Stefan Wermter,Nils Meins,Johannes Oberzaucher,Paul Panek,Georg Edelmayer,Peter Mayer,Christian Beck +15 more
TL;DR: The KSERA system, how it was developed based on user needs, treatment plans, and lab studies, and how the approach was validated through user studies and field trials are described.
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Hobbit: Providing Fall Detection and Prevention for the Elderly in the Real World
Markus Bajones,David Fischinger,Astrid Weiss,Daniel Wolf,Markus Vincze,Paloma de la Puente,Tobias Körtner,Markus Weninger,Konstantinos E. Papoutsakis,Damien Michel,Ammar Qammaz,Paschalis Panteleris,Michalis Foukarakis,Ilia Adami,Danai Ioannidi,Asterios Leonidis,Margherita Antona,Antonis A. Argyros,Peter Mayer,Paul Panek,Håkan Eftring,Susanne Frennert +21 more
TL;DR: It is shown that Hobbit’s adaptive approach towards the user increasingly eased the interaction between the users and Hobbit, leading to autonomous operation of 371 days during field trials in Austria, Greece, and Sweden.
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Results of Field Trials with a Mobile Service Robot for Older Adults in 16 Private Households
Markus Bajones,David Fischinger,Astrid Weiss,Paloma de la Puente,Daniel Wolf,Markus Vincze,Tobias Körtner,Markus Weninger,Konstantinos E. Papoutsakis,Damien Michel,Ammar Qammaz,Paschalis Panteleris,Michalis Foukarakis,Ilia Adami,Danae Ioannidi,Asterios Leonidis,Margherita Antona,Antonis A. Argyros,Peter Mayer,Paul Panek,Håkan Eftring,Susanne Frennert +21 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results obtained from field trials with the Hobbit robotic platform, an assistive, social service robot aiming at enabling prolonged independent living of older adults in their own homes.
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Fall detection with distributed floor-mounted accelerometers: An overview of the development and evaluation of a fall detection system within the project eHome
TL;DR: Within the project "eHome" a prototype of an assistive home system was developed, aiming to prolong the independent life of elderly people at home, which utilizes floor-mounted accelerometers to gather body-sound signals that typically occur during a human fall.