DocumentCode
289882
Title
Robotics helps disabled to work
Author
Virtanen, Ari ; Vapaakoski, Simo
Author_Institution
Machine Autom. Lab., Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland
fYear
1993
fDate
17-20 Oct 1993
Firstpage
534
Abstract
In this paper, the use of robotics to help a disabled person to get back in the working life is studied. In this research, the workstation of a disabled person was equipped with a small industrial robot and the working environment was redesigned. The person works with the computers and during his work he may occasionally need to read program manuals and use diskettes. The robot replaces the personal assistant with these tasks by handling diskettes and folders. Using the robot, the person can work more independently
Keywords
Biomedical engineering; Consumer electronics; Humans; Laboratories; Medical robotics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Safety; Service robots; User interfaces;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location
Le Touquet
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0911-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSMC.1993.385068
Filename
385068
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