Assistive Device for Guiding Visually Impaired People with Mobility Disorders

Mario F. Jimenez; Ricardo C. De Mello; Anselmo Frizera; Teodiano Bastos

doi:10.1145/3173386.3176910

Assistive Device for Guiding Visually Impaired People with Mobility Disorders

Mario F. Jimenez
, Ricardo C. De Mello
, Anselmo Frizera
, Teodiano Bastos

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Smart Walkers are robotic devices used to improve physical stability and sensorial support for visually impaired people with lower limb weakness or poor balance. Such devices offer support for people with cognitive disabilities and who cannot safely use conventional walkers. This work proposes an admittance controller to guide visually impaired people. Physical interaction between user and Smart Walker is used to haptically indicate the path to be followed. The user experience is evaluated through variation of control parameters and the predetermined path, which are used to improve the Human-Robot-Environment interaction.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HRI 2018 - Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	299-300
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450356152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3176910
State	Published - Mar 1 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2018 - Chicago, United States Duration: Mar 5 2018 → Mar 8 2018

Publication series

Name	ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-2148

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Conference	13th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, HRI 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	3/5/18 → 3/8/18

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SDG 1 No Poverty

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Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Jimenez, M. F., De Mello, R. C., Frizera, A., & Bastos, T. (2018). Assistive Device for Guiding Visually Impaired People with Mobility Disorders. In HRI 2018 - Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 299-300). (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3176910

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Assistive Device for Guiding Visually Impaired People with Mobility Disorders. / Jimenez, Mario F.; De Mello, Ricardo C.; Frizera, Anselmo et al.
HRI 2018 - Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Computer Society, 2018. p. 299-300 (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Inform › Conference contribution

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