An intelligent powered wheelchair to enable mobility of cognitively impaired older adults: An anticollision system

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-143

  Mihailidis, Alex ^a   Elinas, Pantelis ^b   Boger, Jennifer ^a   Hoey, Jesse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticollision; Assistive technology; Dementia; Intelligent wheelchair; Mobility; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ANTICOLLISION; ANTICOLLISION SYSTEM; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED; FALSE ALARMS; INFRA-RED SENSOR; INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR; OLDER ADULTS; POWERED WHEEL CHAIRS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34248584834     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.891385     Document Type: Article

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