Incorporating user inputs in motion planning for a smart wheelchair

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 2043-2048

  Parikh, Sarangi P ^a   Grassi Jr , Valdir ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Okamoto Jr , Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS; USER INTERFACES; WHEELCHAIRS;

HUMAN INTERVENTIONS; HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SYSTEMS; ROBOT AUGUMENTATIONS; USER-INITIATED COMMANDS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 3042663887     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1308124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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