Intelligent mobile walking-aids: perception, control and safety

Q Yan, J Huang, C Tao, X Chen, W Xu - Advanced Robotics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Robot-assisted walking has become a popular research field for hel** mobility-limited
people to walk more easily. Different from other walking-aid devices (eg exoskeletons and …

Real-time human pose estimation on a smart walker using convolutional neural networks

M Palermo, S Moccia, L Migliorelli, E Frontoni… - Expert Systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation is important to improve quality of life for mobility-impaired patients. Smart
walkers are a commonly used solution that should embed automatic and objective tools for …

Human–robot–environment interaction interface for smart walker assisted gait: AGoRA walker

SD Sierra M, M Garzón, M Múnera, CA Cifuentes - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The constant growth of the population with mobility impairments has led to the development
of several gait assistance devices. Among these, smart walkers have emerged to provide …

Walking intent-based movement control for JAIST active robotic walker

G Lee, T Ohnuma, NY Chong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel interactive control for our assistive robotic walker, the JAIST
Active Robotic Walker (JARoW), developed for elderly people in need of assistance. The …

Shared control design of a walking-assistant robot

SY Jiang, CY Lin, KT Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a control design for a walking-assistant robot in a complex indoor
environment, such that it can assist a walking-impaired person to walk and avoid …

A systematic review of study results reported for the evaluation of robotic rollators from the perspective of users

C Werner, P Ullrich, M Geravand, A Peer… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness and perception of robotic rollators (RRs) from the
perspective of users. Methods: Studies identified in a previous systematic review published …

Augmented human state estimation using interacting multiple model particle filters with probabilistic data association

G Chalvatzaki, XS Papageorgiou… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The accurate human gait tracking is an important factor for various robotic applications, such
as robotic walkers aiming to provide assistance to patients with different mobility impairment …

Sensory cues guided rehabilitation robotic walker realized by depth image-based gait analysis

CD Lim, CM Wang, CY Cheng, Y Chao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a sensory cues guided robotic walker for improving gaits of
Parkinson Disease (PD) patients. A completely non-intrusive, 3D real-time leg pose tracking …

QoS metrics-in-the-loop for endowing runtime self-adaptation to robotic software architectures

A Romero-Garcés, R Salles De Freitas, R Marfil… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2022 - Springer
The design of robots capable of operating autonomously in changing and unstructured
environments, requires using complex software architectures in which, typically, robot …

Human-human hand interactions aid balance during walking by haptic communication

M Wu, L Drnach, SM Bong, YS Song… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Principles from human-human physical interaction may be necessary to design more
intuitive and seamless robotic devices to aid human movement. Previous studies have …