Human-robot interaction in a robotic guide for the visually impaired

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-6

  Kulyukin, Vladimir ^a   Gharpure, Chaitanya ^a   De Graw, Nathan ^a  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION; MOBILE ROBOTIC GUIDES; ROBOT-ASSISTED NAVIGATION;

AUTOMATION; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ERGONOMICS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 22344437697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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