Title :
A robotic travel aid “HITOMI”
Author :
Mori, Hideo ; Kotani, Shinji ; Kiyohiro, Noriaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Yamanashi Univ., Kofu, Japan
Abstract :
The robotic travel aid(RTA) described is a motor wheel chair equipped with vision, sonar, and tactile sensors in addition to a map database system. The visually impaired can get orientation, mobility and obstacle information from the RTA, and can inquire about the present location, land marks and an advanced part of the route. This concept is implemented on an RTA called “HITOMI”. It can guide the impaired in a lane marked road and on yellow Braille marked sidewalks, avoiding vehicles
Keywords :
handicapped aids; image sensors; mobile robots; sonar signal processing; tactile sensors; HITOMI; lane marked road; map database system; mobility; motor wheel chair; obstacle; orientation; robotic travel aid; sonar; tactile sensors; vision sensors; yellow Braille marked sidewalks; Cameras; Dogs; Electronics industry; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Time of arrival estimation; Vehicles; Vibrations; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '94. 'Advanced Robotic Systems and the Real World', IROS '94. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1933-8
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1994.407626
