Title :
Autonomous mobile robots: an aid for the handicapped
Author_Institution :
Oxford Intelligent Machines Ltd., UK
Abstract :
Discusses the possibility of an intelligent wheelchair for the disabled. Stopping to avoid accidents is already possible, and avoidance movement planning could follow. At a higher level, navigation is possible using maps and databases combined with sensors. Vision is unreliable for this purpose, but the detection of active beacons is a feasible method. The robot can itself learn the connections between regions in its database
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; computerised navigation; handicapped aids; mobile robots; position control; active beacons; autonomous mobile robots; avoidance movement planning; collision avoidance; computer vision; databases; handicapped aids; intelligent wheelchair; maps; navigation; obstacle avoidance;
Conference_Titel :
High-Tech Help for the Handicapped, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
