Intellwheels: Modular development platform for intelligent wheelchairs

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1061-1076

  Braga, Rodrigo Antonio Marques ^a   Petry, Marcelo ^a,b   Reis, Luis Paulo ^a   Moreira, António Paulo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Human robot interfaces; Independent mobility; Intelligent robotics; Intelligent wheel chair; Mixed reality; Multiagent systems; Multimodal interface; Service robots; Simulation; Voice control

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

HUMAN-ROBOT INTERFACE; INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS; MIXED REALITY; MULTI-MODAL INTERFACES; SERVICE ROBOTS; SIMULATION; VOICE CONTROL;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POWERED WHEELCHAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 83155165299     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.08.0139     Document Type: Article

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