This review examines the studies most pertinent to the potential of haptics on the
functionality of assistive robots in manipulation tasks for use by children with disabilities …

Haptic guidance can improve the immediate performance of a motor task by enforcing a
desired pattern of kinematics, but several studies have found that it impairs motor learning …

An emerging research problem in assistive robotics is the design of methodologies that
allow robots to provide personalized assistance to users. For this purpose, we present a …

Nowadays powered wheelchairs are widely utilized to help people's locomotion. However,
many commercialized powered wheelchairs still provide unsatisfactory ride quality, which is …

Mobility is a causal factor in development. Children with mobility impairments may rely upon
power mobility for independence and thus require advanced driving skills to function …

Many older adults in long-term-care homes have complex physical and cognitive
impairments and have difficulty propelling manual wheelchairs. Power wheelchair use is …

Previous work has shown that training with the “assist-as-needed” method using a force-
feedback joystick can improve the driving performance of children and adults. This paper is …

In case of motor impairments, steering a wheelchair can become a hazardous task. Joystick
jerks induced by uncontrolled motions may lead to wall collisions when a user steers a …

The broader goal of our research is to train infants with special needs to safely and
purposefully drive a mobile robot to explore the environment. The hypothesis is that these …

In its current form, the white cane has been used by visually impaired people for almost a
century. It is one of the most basic yet useful navigation aids, mainly because of its simplicity …