Robots for humanity: Using assistive robotics to empower people with disabilities

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-39

  Chen, Tiffany L ^a   Ciocarlie, Matei ^b   Cousins, Steve ^b   Grice, Phillip ^a   Hawkins, Kelsey ^a   Hsiao, Kaijen ^b   Kemp, Charles ^a   King, Chih Hung ^a   Lazewatsky, Daniel ^c   Leeper, Adam E ^d   Nguyen, Hai ^b   Paepcke, Andreas ^b   Pantofaru, Caroline ^b   Smart, William ^c   Takayama, Leila ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Willow Garage Inc   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; MOBILE MANIPULATOR; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; PICKING UP;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84874820952     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2012.2229950     Document Type: Article

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