NavBelt and the GuideCane

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-20

  Shoval, Shraga ^a   Ulrich, Iwan ^c   Borenstein, Johann ^b  

^a Center for Radiation Sources and Applications   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blind; Mobile robots; Rehabilitation robotics; Travel aid; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS; USER INTERFACES;

ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AIDS; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038370231     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2003.1191706     Document Type: Article

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