A mobile robotic platform for elderly care

Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications, AAL 2011, in Conjunction with BIOSTEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 36-45

  Cunha, João ^a   Neves, António J R ^a   Azevedo, José Luis ^a   Cunha, Bernardo ^a   Lau, Nuno ^a   Pereira, Artur ^a   Teixeira, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MOBILE ROBOTIC; NEXT GENERATION NETWORK; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; ROBOTIC SOCCER;

ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 79960496492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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