Smart walker for the frail visually impaired

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1354-1359

  MacNamara, Shane ^a   Lacey, Gerard ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAIL VISUALLY IMPAIRED; PERSONAL ADAPTIVE MOBILITY AID;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; LASERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0033708252     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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