Design Issues of a Semi-Autonomous Robotic Assistant for the Health Care Environment

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 191-209

  Ettelt, E ^a   Furtwangler R ^a   Hanebeck, U D ^a   Schmidt, G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmented virtual workspace; Fetch and carry task; Health care; Human robot interface; Mobile manipulation; Mobile service robot; Robotic assistant

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEALTH CARE; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; USER INTERFACES;

AUGMENTED VIRTUAL WORKSPACE; SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC ASSISTANT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032120188     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008082024638     Document Type: Article

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