A multimode navigation system for an assistive robotics project

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-404

  Cherubini, Andrea ^a   Oriolo, Giuseppe ^a   MacRí, Francesco ^a   Aloise, Fabio ^b   Cincotti, Febo ^b   Mattia, Donatella ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive robotics; Brain computer interfaces; Legged robots; Vision based navigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; MACHINE DESIGN; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; AUTONOMOUS; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATIONS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION AIDS; DAILY ACTIVITIES; INPUT DEVICES; LEGGED ROBOTS; MOTOR DISABILITIES; MULTIMODE; ROBOT NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SINGLE STEPS; SONY AIBO; VIDEO FEEDBACKS; VISION-BASED NAVIGATION;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 54249148894     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-008-9102-y     Document Type: Article

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