Title :
Robotics helps disabled to work
Author :
Virtanen, Ari ; Vapaakoski, Simo
Author_Institution :
Machine Autom. Lab., Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
In this paper, the use of robotics to help a disabled person to get back in the working life is studied. In this research, the workstation of a disabled person was equipped with a small industrial robot and the working environment was redesigned. The person works with the computers and during his work he may occasionally need to read program manuals and use diskettes. The robot replaces the personal assistant with these tasks by handling diskettes and folders. Using the robot, the person can work more independently
Keywords :
Biomedical engineering; Consumer electronics; Humans; Laboratories; Medical robotics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Safety; Service robots; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Le Touquet
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0911-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1993.385068
