The GuideCane-applying mobile robot technologies to assist the visually impaired

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-136

  Ulrich, Iwan ^a,b   Borenstein, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind; Guide dog; GuideCane; Mobile robot; Obstacle avoidance; Ultrasonic sensors

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER CONTROL; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); SENSORS; SERVOMOTORS; SONAR;

GUIDECANE; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0035277346     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.911370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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