Knowing when to assist: Developmental issues in lifelong assistive robotics

Author

Demiris, Yiannis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

3357

Lastpage

3360

Abstract

Children and adults with sensorimotor disabilities can significantly increase their autonomy through the use of assistive robots. As the field progresses from short-term, task-specific solutions to long-term, adaptive ones, new challenges are emerging. In this paper a lifelong methodological approach is presented, that attempts to balance the immediate context-specific needs of the user, with the long-term effects that the robot´s assistance can potentially have on the user´s developmental trajectory.

Keywords

handicapped aids; medical disorders; medical robotics; neurophysiology; wheelchairs; assistive wheelchair; lifelong assistive robotics; lifelong methodological approach; sensorimotor disabilities; user´s developmental trajectory; Adult; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Child; Computers; Disabled Persons; Equipment Design; Humans; Motor Skills; Prosthesis Design; Robotics; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Software; User-Computer Interface; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3296-7

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333182

Filename

5333182