Multidisciplinary approach for developing a new robotic system for domiciliary assistance to elderly people

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 5327-5330

  Cavallo, F ^a   Aquilano, M ^a   Bonaccorsi, M ^a   Mannari, I ^a   Carrozza, M C ^a   Dario, P ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES;

MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84055184235     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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