Title : 
An autonomous intelligent wheelchair for assisting people at need in smart homes: A case study
         
        
            Author : 
Nikolaos Bourbakis;Iosif Papadakis Ktistakis;Lefteris Tsoukalas;Miltiadis Alamaniotis
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Wright State University, Center of Assistive Research Technologies (CART) Dayton, OH 45435
         
        
        
            fDate : 
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This research study here deals with the development of an Intelligent Robotic Chair (IRC) based on an appropriately modified wheelchair (Nosokoma) for assisting people at need. The main use of this IRC will be for paraplegic people, people with disabilities and the elderly. It will assist them to move inside their home by transferring them in various places (for example: bathroom) and delivering important items to them, like a glass of water and pills. This research is a part of the CART initiatives.
         
        
            Keywords : 
"Robot kinematics","Wheelchairs","Robot sensing systems","Mobile robots","Cameras","Grasping"
         
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA), 2015 6th International Conference on
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IISA.2015.7388066