Browsing by Author "Caltagirone, Carlo"

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    • A metrics review for performance evaluation on assisted wheelchair navigation 

      Urdiales García, Cristina; Peula, José Ma.; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Fernández Espejo, Blanca; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Sandoval, Francisco; Caltagirone, Carlo (Springer Verlag, 2009-06-10)
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      In nowadays aging society, many people require assistance for non-pedestrian mobility. In some cases, assistive devices require a certain degree of autonomy when the persons’ disabilities difficult manual control. In this ...

    • A new collaborative shared control strategy for continuous elder/robot assisted navigation 

      Caltagirone, Carlo; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Urdiales García, Cristina; Peula, José Ma.; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Pérez, Eduardo J.; Sánchez-Tato, Isabel; del Toro, J.M.; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Sandoval, Francisco (2008)
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      In nowadays aging society, many people require mobility assistance. Autonomous wheelchairs may provide some help, but they are not supposed to overtake all control on human mobility, as this is reported to lead to loss ...

    • A new multi-criteria optimization strategy for shared control in wheelchair assisted navigation 

      Sandoval, Francisco; Caltagirone, Carlo; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Urdiales García, Cristina; Peula, José Ma.; Fernández-Carmona, Manuel; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Pérez, Eduardo J.; Sánchez-Tato, Isabel; del Toro, J.C.; Galluppi, F. (2011-02-01)
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      In todays aging society, many people require mobility assistance, that can be provided by robotized assistive wheelchairs with a certain degree of autonomy when manual control is unfeasible due to disability. Robot ...

    • Advantages of combining AI and statistic for knowledge discovery on functional disability: multivariate analysis of assessment scales using clustering based on rules 

      Gibert, Karina; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Caltagirone, Carlo (2009-12)
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      In Europe, and other developed areas, senior citizens are a fast growing part of population. This increases proportion of disabled persons and proportion of persons with reduced quality of life. The concept of disability ...

    • An adaptive scheme for wheelchair navigation collaborative control 

      Urdiales García, Cristina; Peula, José Ma.; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Sandoval, Francisco; Caltagirone, Carlo; Annicchiarico, Roberta (AAAI Press. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2008)
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      In this paper we propose a system where machine and human cooperate at every situation via a reactive emergent behavior, so that the person is always in charge of his/her own motion. Our approach relies on locally evaluating ...

    • Applying clustering based on rules on WHO-DAS II for knowledge discovery on functional disabilities 

      Gibert, Karina; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Rodas Osollo, Jorge Enrique; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Nocentini, U.; Caltagirone, Carlo (2002-11)
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      The senior citizens represent a fast growing proportion of the population in Europe and other developed areas. This increases the proportion of persons with disability and reducing quality of life. The concept of disability ...

    • Assistive technologies for the new generation of senior citizens: the SHARE-it approach 

      Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Martínez Velasco, Antonio Benito; Urdiales García, Cristina; Campana, Fabio; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Caltagirone, Carlo (2010-07-07)
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      In this paper, we present the SHARE-it approach to the integration of agent technology with other existing technologies to build specific intelligent and semi-autonomous assistive devices for older persons and people with ...

    • E-Tools for the disabled and for the new generation of senior citizens: a position paper 

      Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Vázquez Salceda, Javier; Sànchez-Marrè, Miquel; Marini, Andrea; Caltagirone, Carlo (2002-03)
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      In this paper we present our exploratory ideas about the integration of agent technology with other technologies to build specific e-tools for the disabled and for the new generation of senior citizens. In particular, we ...

    • Overground walking training with the i-Walker, a robotic servo-assistive device, enhances balance in patients with subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trial 

      Morone, Giovanni; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Iosa, Marco; Federici, Alessia; Paolucci, Stefano; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Caltagirone, Carlo (2016-05-26)
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      Background: Patients affected by mild stroke benefit more from physiological overground walking training than walking-like training performed in place using specific devices. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects ...

    • Supported human autonomy for recovery and enhancement of cognitive and motor abilities using agent technologies 

      Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Urdiales García, Cristina; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Martínez Velasco, Antonio Benito; Villar, Alfredo; Caltagirone, Carlo (Birkhäuser Basel, 2008-10-11)
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      The goal of SHARE-it, an EU FP6 funded project, is to develop a scalable, adaptive system of add-ons to sensor and assistive technology so that they can be modularly integrated into an intelligent home environment to enhance ...

    • Using scenarios to draft the support of intelligent tools for frail elders in the SHARE-it approach 

      Annicchiarico, Roberta; Campana, Fabio; Federici, Alessia; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Villar, Alfredo; Caltagirone, Carlo (Springer Verlag, 2009-06-10)
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      A scenario is an example narrative description of typical interactions of users with the system. Scenarios are concrete, informal descriptions, and are not intended to describe all possible interactions. This document ...

    • Wheelchair collaborative control for disabled users navigating indoors 

      Urdiales García, Cristina; Fernández-Carmona, Manuel; Peula, José Ma.; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Caltagirone, Carlo; Sandoval, Francisco (2011-07-08)
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      Objective: Mobility is of key importance for autonomous living. Persons with severe disabilities may be assisted by robotic wheelchairs when manual control is not possible. However, these persons should contribute to control ...