AIMC Topic: Persons with Disabilities

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Deep Learning-Based Object Detection, Localisation and Tracking for Smart Wheelchair Healthcare Mobility.

International journal of environmental research and public health
This paper deals with the development of an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) for a smart electric wheelchair in order to improve the autonomy of disabled people. Our use case, built from a formal clinical study, is based on the detection, dep...

Effect of the Hybrid Assistive Limb on the Gait Pattern for Cerebral Palsy.

Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent childhood motor disability. Achieving ambulation or standing in children with CP has been a major goal of physical therapy. Recently, robot-assisted gait training using the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) has bee...

Evaluation of the feasibility of an error-minimized approach to powered wheelchair skills training using shared control.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
BACKGROUND: Powered wheelchairs promote participation for people with mobility limitations. For older adults with cognitive impairment, existing training methods may not address learning needs, leading to difficulty with powered wheelchair skills. Er...

Nothing to be ashamed of: sex robots for older adults with disabilities.

Journal of medical ethics
This paper spotlights ways in which sexual capacities relate to central human capabilities, such as the ability to generate a personally meaningful story of one's life; be physically, mentally and emotionally healthy; experience bodily integrity; aff...

The Impact of Robotic Rehabilitation on the Motor System in Neurological Diseases. A Multimodal Neurophysiological Approach.

International journal of environmental research and public health
Motor disability is a key feature of many neurological diseases, influencing the social roles of affected patients and their ability to perform daily life activities. Current rehabilitation capacities are overwhelmed by the age-related increase of mo...

Inside pandora's box: a systematic review of the assessment of the perceived quality of chatbots for people with disabilities or special needs.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
People with disabilities or special needs can benefit from AI-based conversational agents (i.e., chatbots) that are used for competence training and well-being management. Assessing the quality of interactions with these chatbots is key to being abl...