Applying a 3DOF orientation tracker as a human-robot interface for autonomous wheelchairs

2007 IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 52-59

  Mandel, Christian ^a   Röfer, Thomas ^b   Frese, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

AUTONOMOUS WHEELCHAIRS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERFACES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS; REAL-WORLD; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SENSOR DEVICES;

SENSORS;

EID: 48349141546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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