A service robot for monitoring elderly people in the context of Ambient Assisted Living

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 595-621

  Pavón Pulido, Nieves ^a   López Riquelme, Juan Antonio ^b   Ferruz Melero, Joaquín ^c   Vega Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel ^d   Barrios León, Antonio José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ambient assisted living; autonomous navigation; elderly people; middleware; pervasive computing; Service robots; topological mapping; WSN

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; HARDWARE; MIDDLEWARE; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; TOPOLOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; ELDERLY PEOPLE; SERVICE ROBOTS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; WSN;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84914685115     PISSN: 18761364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AIS-140284     Document Type: Article

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