Robotic smart house to assist people with movement disabilities

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-198

  Park, Kwang Hyun ^a   Bien, Zeungnam ^a   Lee, Ju Jang ^a   Kim, Byung Kook ^a   Lim, Jong Tae ^a   Kim, Jin Oh ^b   Lee, Heyoung ^c   Stefanov, Dimitar H ^d,e   Kim, Dae Jin ^f   Jung, Jin Woo ^g   Do, Jun Hyeong ^a   Seo, Kap Ho ^a   Kim, Chong Hui ^a   Song, Won Gyu ^a   Lee, Woo Jun ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

^f University of Louisville   (United States)

^g Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assistive system; Human friendly interface; Intelligent bed; Intelligent wheelchair; Movement assistance; Robotic hoist; Smart house

Indexed keywords

GESTURE RECOGNITION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; WHEELCHAIRS;

ASSISTIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN FRIENDLY INTERFACES; INTELLIGENT BEDS; INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIRS; MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE; ROBOTIC HOISTS;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EID: 33847723948     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-9012-9     Document Type: Article

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