The current works on the area of assistive robots are presented in this paper. Assistive Technology is an emerging area where some robotic devices can be used to strengthen the residual abilities of individuals with motor disabilities or to substitute their missing function thus helping them to gain a level of independence at least in the activities of daily living. The design criteria and the results on the developed intelligent navigation systems for commercial wheelchairs are recalled. The aspects of security and operating robustness , which depend on the accurancy of environment knowledge, are also discussed. A methodology for improving on the accuracy of environment knowledge is introduced and analyzed. The proposed methodology is based on the multisensor fusion at medium level of information representation for ultrasonic range data and monocular visual data.

Assistive robots: a model of dependable robots in human environments / Bonci, Andrea; Fioretti, Sandro; Leo, Tommaso; Longhi, Sauro. - STAMPA. - (2001), pp. 3-15. (Intervento presentato al convegno Proceedings on 1st Joint Workshop on Technical Challenge for Dependable Robots in Human Environments tenutosi a Seoul Korea nel May 21-22, 2001.).

Assistive robots: a model of dependable robots in human environments

BONCI, Andrea;FIORETTI, Sandro;LEO, TOMMASO;LONGHI, SAURO
2001-01-01

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The current works on the area of assistive robots are presented in this paper. Assistive Technology is an emerging area where some robotic devices can be used to strengthen the residual abilities of individuals with motor disabilities or to substitute their missing function thus helping them to gain a level of independence at least in the activities of daily living. The design criteria and the results on the developed intelligent navigation systems for commercial wheelchairs are recalled. The aspects of security and operating robustness , which depend on the accurancy of environment knowledge, are also discussed. A methodology for improving on the accuracy of environment knowledge is introduced and analyzed. The proposed methodology is based on the multisensor fusion at medium level of information representation for ultrasonic range data and monocular visual data.
2001
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