Semi-Autonomous Outdoor Mobility Support System for Elderly and Disabled People

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2606-2611

  Kayama, Kentaro ^a   Yairj, Ikuko Eguchi ^a   Igi, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE ROBOTS; SENSORS; SONAR;

MAP SERVERS; ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION TERMINALS (RCT);

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0346778953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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