DocumentCode
309508
Title
Wheelchair-mounted robots for the home environment
Author
Prior, S.D. ; Warner, P.R.
Author_Institution
Fac. of Technol., Middlesex Univ., London, UK
Volume
2
fYear
1993
fDate
26-30 Jul 1993
Firstpage
1194
Abstract
Statistics on people with disabilities, together with data on the number and use of wheelchairs in the United Kingdom, are summarized. The history of electric-wheelchair-mounted robotic devices is detailed and critically reviewed. A novel design for a hybrid electropneumatic wheelchair-mounted robot for the home environment is presented
Keywords
handicapped aids; United Kingdom; disabled people; electric-wheelchair-mounted robotic devices; history; home environment; hybrid electropneumatic wheelchair-mounted robot; wheelchairs; Investments; Marketing and sales; Mobile robots; Profitability; Robot sensing systems; Senior citizens; Service robots; Statistics; Technology transfer; Wheelchairs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems '93, IROS '93. Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location
Yokohama
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0823-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.1993.583355
Filename
583355
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