IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jun 1, 2019
This paper presents a voice control interface prototype for assistive robots aiming to help people living with upper limb disabilities to perform daily activities autonomously. Assistive robotic devices can be used to help people with upper-body disa...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2019
Prevailing technological solutions that address the problems that are experienced by the infirm and elderly people in terms of locomotion needs, offer limited options when it comes to control mechanism and customization. For more than a decade, joyst...
Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie
Dec 1, 2018
BACKGROUND.: Robotic arms may help users perform various activities. Even though robotic arms are commercially available, their impacts are still poorly understood.
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2017
The design of intelligent powered wheelchairs has traditionally focused heavily on providing effective and efficient navigation assistance. Significantly less attention has been given to the end-user's preference between different assistance paradigm...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2017
People with a high level of disability experience great difficulties to perform activities of daily living and resort to their residual motor functions in order to operate assistive devices. The commercially available interfaces used to control assis...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Jul 1, 2017
In the recent decades state of the art technologies appeared in many areas to assist older adults with disabilities. However, one very essential activity of daily life, the toileting remained without any relevant development. The iToilet project of t...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Jul 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Every year, thousands of patients die waiting for disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Some qualify for expedited service under the Compassionate Allowance (CAL) initiative, but CAL software focuses exclusively on i...
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
Jun 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance of commercially available assistive robotic manipulators (ARMs) user interfaces and to investigate the concurrent validity and sensitivity to change with task-oriented performan...
Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Jan 1, 2017
The task of performing transfers, such as from a wheelchair to a bed, has a high risk of injury to both the caregiver and the person being transferred. Although mechanical transfer devices can reduce these risks, these devices are not meant for use ...