Towards an intelligent wheelchair system for users with cerebral palsy

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Montesano, Luis ^a   Díaz, Marta ^b   Bhaskar, Sonu ^a   Minguez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral Palsy; Intelligent wheelchairs; Tactile interface

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; AVOIDING OBSTACLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DISABILITY; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; DEGREE OF AUTONOMY; ENTIRE SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR; REHABILITATION DEVICES; TACTILE INTERFACE; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE;

DRIVES; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOENGINEERING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ROBOTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROBOTICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 77951887618     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2039592     Document Type: Article

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