Human-comfortable navigation for an autonomous robotic wheelchair

Morales, Yoichi; Kallakuri, Nagasrikanth; Shinozawa, Kazuhiro; Miyashita, Takahiro; Hagita, Norihiro

doi:10.1109/iros.2013.6696743

Cited by 66 publications

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“…W. Switzerland [49] Fribourg, Switzerland 2012 University of Sydney [50] Sydney, Australia 2012 Case Western Reserve [51] Ohio, USA 2013 Hefestos [52] Sao Leopoldo, Brazil 2013 Indian Institute of Technology [53] Jodhpur, India 2013 Institute of Engg. & Technology [54] Ghaziabad, India 2013 ATRII [55] Kansai, Japan 2013 Chonnam National University [56] Gwangju, S. Korea 2013 King Abdulaziz University [57] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2013 U. of Alabama, Huntsville [58] Alabama, USA 2013 U. of Texas, Arlington [59] Texas, USA 2013 B.M.S College of Engineering [60] Bangalore, India 2014 Kumamoto University [61] Kumamoto, Japan 2014 Saitama University [62] Saitama, Japan 2014 LURCH [63] Chennai, India 2014 Integral Rehabilitation Center [64] Orizaba, Mexico 2014 University of Kent [65] Canterbury UK 2014 University of Lorraine [8] Metz, France 2014 Uni. Politecnica delle Marche [66] Ancona, Italy 2014 University Tun Hussein Onn [67] Malaysia 2014 Northwestern University [68] Illinois, USA 2014 UMBC [69] Maryland, USA 2014 Smile Rehab [70] Greenham, UK 2015 University of Nevada, Reno [26] Nevada, USA 2015 [11] interfaces and wheelchair interfaces adapted to the user's characteristics.…”

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A Comprehensive Review of Smart Wheelchairs: Past, Present, and Future

Leaman

2017

IEEE Trans. Human-Mach. Syst.

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Abstract-A smart wheelchair (SW) is a power wheelchair (PW) to which computers, sensors, and assistive technology are attached. In the past decade, there has been little effort to provide a systematic review of SW research. This paper aims to provide a complete state-of-the-art overview of SW research trends. We expect that the information gathered in this study will enhance awareness of the status of contemporary PW as well as SW technology, and increase the functional mobility of people who use PWs. We systematically present the international SW research effort, starting with an introduction to power wheelchairs and the communities they serve. Then we discuss in detail the SW and associated technological innovations with an emphasis on the most researched areas, generating the most interest for future research and development. We conclude with our vision for the future of SW research and how to best serve people with all types of disabilities.

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A Comprehensive Review of Smart Wheelchairs: Past, Present, and Future

Leaman

2017

IEEE Trans. Human-Mach. Syst.

195

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“…Most autonomous navigation techniques of intelligent wheelchairs have been derived from autonomous robot technologies. Recent work includes wheelchair navigation based on artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing technologies [17] [18], obstacle-avoidance [2], and automatic target tracking [19]. But so far there are few intelligent wheelchairs commercial available and still need long time to resolve the limitations and challenges such as the adaption, safety and cost, especially expensive sensors and complicated environments [17][20] [21].…”

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A low-cost tele-presence wheelchair system

Shen

Pei

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

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Abstract-This paper presents the architecture and implementation of a tele-presence wheelchair system based on tele-presence robot, intelligent wheelchair, and touch screen technologies. The tele-presence wheelchair system consists of a commercial electric wheelchair, an add-on tele-presence interaction module, and a touchable live video image based user interface (called TIUI). The tele-presence interaction module is used to provide video-chatting for an elderly or disabled person with the family members or caregivers, and also captures the live video of an environment for tele-operation and semiautonomous navigation. The user interface developed in our lab allows an operator to access the system anywhere and directly touch the live video image of the wheelchair to push it as if he/she did it in the presence. This paper also discusses the evaluation of the user experience.

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“…The concept of "comfort" has already appeared in the literature with different meanings: 1) comfort of the AP when navigating using a robotic platform [17,29] and 2) comfort of the humans in the area surrounding an autonomous robot [22]. Our notion of comfort belongs to the first class and it is deeply rooted in the requirement analysis and in the validation activities with senior users that we have been conducting in the context of the DALi and of the ACANTO projects.…”

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Efficient customisable dynamic motion planning for assistive robots in complex human environments

Colombo

Fontanelli

Legay

et al. 2015

AIS

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Abstract. People with impaired physical and mental ability often find it challenging to negotiate crowded or unfamiliar environments, leading to a vicious cycle of deteriorating mobility and sociability. To address this issue we present a novel motion planning algorithm that is able to intelligently deal with crowded areas, permanent or temporary anomalies in the environment (e.g., road blocks, wet floors) as well as hard and soft constraints (e.g., "keep a toilet within reach of 10 meters during the journey", "always avoid stairs"). Constraints can be assigned a priority tailored on the user's needs. The planner has been validated by means of simulations and experiments with elderly people within the context of the DALi European project.

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Human-comfortable navigation for an autonomous robotic wheelchair

Cited by 66 publications

References 17 publications

A Comprehensive Review of Smart Wheelchairs: Past, Present, and Future

A Comprehensive Review of Smart Wheelchairs: Past, Present, and Future

A low-cost tele-presence wheelchair system

Efficient customisable dynamic motion planning for assistive robots in complex human environments

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