Development and evaluation of a flexible interface for a wheelchair mounted robotic arm

HRI 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: Living with Robots

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 105-112

  Tsui, Katherine ^a   Yanco, Holly ^a   Kontak, David ^b   Beliveau, Linda ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Human robot interaction; Robotic arm

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COGNITIVE ABILITY; END USERS; FLEXIBLE INTERFACES; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTIONS; INPUT DEVICES; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; SOCIAL SKILLS; TOUCH SCREEN;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WHEELCHAIRS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 77649252918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1349822.1349837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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