Title :
Implementation of an intelligent walking assistant robot for the elderly in outdoor environment
Author :
Shim, Hyeon-Min ; Lee, Eung-Hyuk ; Shim, Jae-Hong ; Lee, Sang-Moo ; Hong, Seung-Hong
Author_Institution :
Inha Univ., Inchon, South Korea
fDate :
28 June-1 July 2005
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose an architecture of walking assistant robot for the elderly which is usable at outdoor environment. It is equipped with a PXA255 embedded board, motors, a laser range finder, a CCD camera and a GPS receiver. A user operates it using haptic handle bar. It is useful to the elderly for more comfortable walking and path guidance.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; geriatrics; handicapped aids; intelligent robots; mobile robots; service robots; CCD camera; GPS receiver; PXA255 embedded board; comfortable walking; elderly; haptic handle bar; intelligent walking assistant robot; laser range finder; motors; outdoor environment; path guidance; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Educational institutions; Haptic interfaces; Intelligent robots; Legged locomotion; Mechanical sensors; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Senior citizens;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005. 9th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9003-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501140
