Robot-assisted shopping for the visually impaired: Proof-of-concept design and feasibility evaluation

Assistive Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-98

  Kulyukin, Vladimir ^a   Gharpure, Chaitanya ^a   Coster, Daniel ^b  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive robotics; Blindness; Navigation; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

BAR CODING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PROOF-OF-CONCEPT (POC); PROOF-OF-CONCEPT DESIGN; RETRIEVAL (MIR); SALIENT FEATURES; SHOPPING CARTS; SYNTHETIC SPEECH; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

DECISION MAKING; MACHINE DESIGN; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBOTICS; SHOPPING CENTERS;

RETAIL STORES;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SHOPPING; SPEECH; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

COMMERCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 46449092436     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2008.10131935     Document Type: Article

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