A mobility aid for the support to walking and object transportation of people with motor impairments

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1349-1354

  Sabatini, Angelo M ^a   Genovese, Vincenzo ^a   Pacchierotti, Elena ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GRIPPERS; MOTION PLANNING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; STRAIN GAGES; TRACKING (POSITION); TRANSPONDERS; USER INTERFACES;

BILATERAL GRIPS; MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS; TRILATERATION SYSTEM; USER WORN TRANSPONDER;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036448863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/IRDS.2002.1043942     Document Type: Article

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