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. (2012). Tele-operated service robots for household and care. In J. E. M. H. Bronswijk, van, G. J. Maas, & F. J. M. Gassel, van (Eds.), Proceedings full papers ISG*ISARC2012 : joint conference of the 8th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG) and the 29th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), June 26-29, 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (pp. 263-269). Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Purpose Service robots are a relatively new branch of robotics after the successful industry robots and the experimental humanoids. Service robots are supposed to perform tasks that normally are done by humans in particular daily life activities. However they do not have to do it in the same way as humans and neither do they not have to look like a human. Service robots have to operate in environments meant for humans so they have to navigate in environments with unforeseen moving objects and subjects, to mention only one of the challenges. This paper is based on our experience with a tele-operated service robot, named Rose. Tele-operated means that Rose is not completely autonomous but that it is remotely controlled by a human operator. The human operator has the option to control the robot manually or provide indications to carry out complex coordinated procedures (eg. move and grab object). Tele-operated service robots have a wide range of applications, such as in the building industry to carry and place heavy objects, or in the security business. We focused on daily life household tasks. Experiments with Rose were performed in a field lab setting, for the care of elderly people. They need attention several times a day, but in total not more than two hours. This means that one operator can service several homes. This results in a five-fold productivity improvement of care takers. After an introduction on tele-operated service robots, we concisely present the system design of Rose. Then we sketch the field lab experiments and we consider the lessons learned. Based on this information we present some scenarios for the future of tele-operated service robots for caretaking and household tasks. Both the technical and the application aspects will be covered. Method First,...

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