The autonomous mobile robot SENARIO: A sensor-aided intelligent navigation system for powered wheelchairs

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 60-69

  Katevas, N I ^a,b,d,e,f   Sgours, N M ^b,g,h,i   Tzafestas, S G ^b,j,k,l,m,n   Papakonstantinou, G ^b   Beattie, P ^c   Bishop, J M ^c   Tsanakas, P ^b   Koutsouris, D ^b  

^a Zenon SA Industrial Automation   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Industrial Automation   (Greece)

^e IEEE   (Greece)

^f Automation Society   (Greece)

^g INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^m TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Autonomous navigation; Autonomous system architecture; Mobile robots; Obstacle avoidance; Path planning; Rehabilitation robotics; Task planning

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL; SENSORS; USER INTERFACES; WHEELCHAIRS;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SENARIO MOBILE ROBOT; SENSOR AIDED INTELLIGENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031375051     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/100.637806     Document Type: Article

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