PAMM - a robotic aid to the elderly for mobility assistance and monitoring: a 'helping hand' for the elderly

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 570-576

  Dubowsky, Steven ^a   Genot, Frank ^a   Godding, Sara ^a   Kozono, Hisamitsu ^a   Skwersky, Adam ^a   Yu, Haoyong ^a   Yu, Long Shen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY; NON HOLONOMIC DRIVE; PERSONAL AID FOR MOBILITY AND MONITORING; ROBOTIC AID; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORS; VIDEO CAMERAS; WALKING AIDS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033685586     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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