Browsing by Subject "Chairs for people with disabilities"

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    • 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)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      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 ...

    • 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)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      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 ...

    • Silla para asistencia en la higiene de personas con discapacidad 

      González Polo, Adrián; Martínez Barranco, Eduardo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-05)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Este proyecto tiene como fin la realización de una silla de asistencia en la higiene para personas dependientes debido una discapacidad física y/o mental, necesitando para realizar dicha tarea el soporte de un cuidador. ...

    • 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)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      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 ...