Needs and solutions - Home automation and service robots for the elderly and disabled

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3201-3206

  Harmo, Panu ^a   Taipalus, Tapio ^a   Knuuttila, Jere ^a   Vallet, José ^a   Halme, Aarne ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Elderly care; Home automation; Home care; Service robots

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SURVEYS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; HOME AUTOMATION; HOME CARE; SERVICE ROBOTS;

ASSISTED LIVING;

EID: 69549154541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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