ROS 4 Healthcare: Physiological Human Sensing for Social, Assistive, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robotics

Published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2026

Recommended citation: R. J. Manríquez-Cisterna†, P. Mishra†, J. Pena-Queralta, M. Perez-Serrano, S. Garyfallidis, L. Kupper, M. Ejtehadi, A. Breuss, A. A. Ravankar, J. V. Salazar Luces, R. Riener, Y. Hirata, D. Paez-Granados. (2026). "ROS 4 Healthcare: Physiological Human Sensing for Social, Assistive, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robotics." Frontiers in Robotics and AI. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2026.1745197

ROS4HC is an open-source framework that standardizes physiological/biological sensor integration into ROS 2, combining multimodal sensor drivers, signal processing, and real-time visualization on assistive robotic platforms. († equal contribution)

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Recommended citation: R. J. Manríquez-Cisterna, P. Mishra, J. Pena-Queralta, M. Perez-Serrano, S. Garyfallidis, L. Kupper, M. Ejtehadi, A. Breuss, A. A. Ravankar, J. V. Salazar Luces, R. Riener, Y. Hirata, D. Paez-Granados. (2026). “ROS 4 Healthcare: Physiological Human Sensing for Social, Assistive, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robotics.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI.