Title :
Dynamical system approach for obstacle avoidance in a Smart Walker device
Author :
Faria, Vitor ; Silva, Jaime ; Martins, Miguel ; Santos, Cristina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Abstract :
The need for Smart Walkers to help navigation of elderly is increasing rapidly. This paper proposes an approach based on the Dynamical System Approach for obstacle avoidance of a Smart Walker device. Layers of sonars are distributed on the walker for detecting obstacles and stairs. A simulated model of the ASBGo Walker [1] and several realistic simulations in a hospital environment with typical hospital obstacles illustrate the good performance of the approach.
Keywords :
collision avoidance; geriatrics; medical robotics; ASBGo Walker; dynamical system approach; elderly navigation; hospital obstacles; obstacle avoidance; obstacle detection; smart walker device; sonar layers; stair detection; Collision avoidance; Hospitals; Navigation; Robots; Sonar detection; Sonar measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Espinho
DOI :
10.1109/ICARSC.2014.6849796
