MOVAID: A personal robot in everyday life of disabled and elderly people

Technology and Disability

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-93

  Dario, Paolo ^a   Guglielmelli, Eugenio ^a   Laschi, Cecilia ^a   Teti, Giancarlo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design for all; Disabled and elderly people; Personal assistance; Personal robot; Robotic assistance; User oriented approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; DISABLED PERSON; EUROPEAN UNION; HOME; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032975452     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-1999-10202     Document Type: Review

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