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The chapter presents the state of the art and the current trends in the field of service robotics. A set of data reports compiled by the International Federation of Robotics are presented in order to provide a better understanding of the behavior of the service robot market worldwide. A few examples of novel robots, considered representative for the technical trends, are shortly described for each category (professional service robots and personal/domestic service robots). Also there are presented a few non-industrial sources of components (mechanical structure, actuators and sensors, computing and software) that can be used as starting blocks for any new type of service robot. A few community driven projects and competitions are also shortly detailed, as these are the main drive for setting the new trends in the world of service robotics.
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Ciupe, V., Maniu, I. (2014). New Trends in Service Robotics. In: Pisla, D., Bleuler, H., Rodic, A., Vaida, C., Pisla, A. (eds) New Trends in Medical and Service Robots. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01592-7_5
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