Usability study of a control framework for an intelligent wheelchair

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 4745-4750

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

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Smart wheelchairs; Usability studies; User evaluations; Wheelchair control; Wheelchair navigation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

SMART WHEELCHAIRS; USABILITY STUDIES; USER EVALUATIONS; WHEELCHAIR CONTROL; WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33846122269     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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