HelpStar technology for semi-autonomous wheelchairs

Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Computers for People with Special Needs, CPSN'05

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 77-83

  Deligiannidis, L ^a   Potter, W D ^a   Wimpey, B J ^a   Uchiyama, H ^a   Deng, R ^a   Radhakrishnan, S ^a   Barnhard, D ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Human robot interaction; Robotics; Semiautonomous vehicles; Systems for real life applications; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

ASSISTIVE; AUTONOMOUS WHEELCHAIRS; HELPSTAR; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION; PERSONAL ASSISTANTS; REMOTE OPERATORS; RESEARCH PROTOTYPES; SEMIAUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; SYSTEMS FOR REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VR TECHNOLOGIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 60749096040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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