Controlling an automated wheelchair via joystick/head-joystick supported by smart driving assistance

2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 743-748

  Röfer, Thomas ^a   Mandel, Christian ^b   Laue, Tim ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING ASSISTANCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY;

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 70449491372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2009.5209506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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