A Humanoid Robot Companion for Wheelchair Users

Sarabia, Miguel; Demiris, Yiannis

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02675-6_43

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“…In one study , researchers suggested that for children with ASD, social skills and behaviors improve as a result of interactions with robots because robots provide novel sensory stimuli. A similar approach to using social developmental robots as therapy for children with ASD has been applied to other disabilities, as in treating children with diabetes and with mobility and motor disabilities . Although standard, preprogrammed robotic algorithms can also be used in robot therapy for children with disabilities, developmental robotics models offer the advantage of being focused on typical (and atypical) developmental changes.…”

Section: Looking Ahead: Scientific Challenges and Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Babies to Robots: The Contribution of Developmental Robotics to Developmental Psychology

Cangelosi

Schlesinger

2018

Child Dev Perspectives

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The latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and the parallel advances in robotics, have contributed recently to a shift in the scientific approach to modeling human intelligence. These innovations, accompanied by the new emphasis on embodied and grounded cognition in AI and psychology, have led to the establishment of the field of developmental robotics. This field features an interdisciplinary approach, built on collaboration between cognitive robotics and child psychology, to the autonomous design of behavioral and cognitive capabilities in artificial cognitive agents, such as robots, which is inspired by developmental principles and mechanisms observed in children. In this article, we illustrate the benefits of this approach by presenting a case study of a baby robot with a focus on the role of embodiment during early word learning, as well as an overview of several developmental robotics model of perceptual, social, and language development.

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Section: Looking Ahead: Scientific Challenges and Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Babies to Robots: The Contribution of Developmental Robotics to Developmental Psychology

Cangelosi

Schlesinger

2018

Child Dev Perspectives

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“…However, a user's embodied experience when interacting in a virtual reality is largely influenced by the type of display, with HMDs yielding an increased sense of presence over monitors [14]. A physical aid also frequently outperforms the simulated counterpart in terms of learning system behaviour [20]. For example, robotic wheelchairs with a mounted humanoid robot companion [20] or a mobile AR interface [21,22] have exhibited enhanced navigation performance and user preference.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A physical aid also frequently outperforms the simulated counterpart in terms of learning system behaviour [20]. For example, robotic wheelchairs with a mounted humanoid robot companion [20] or a mobile AR interface [21,22] have exhibited enhanced navigation performance and user preference.…”

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Head-Mounted Augmented Reality for Explainable Robotic Wheelchair Assistance

Zolotas

Elsdon

Demiris

2018

2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

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Robotic wheelchairs with built-in assistive features, such as shared control, are an emerging means of providing independent mobility to severely disabled individuals. However, patients often struggle to build a mental model of their wheelchair's behaviour under different environmental conditions. Motivated by the desire to help users bridge this gap in perception, we propose a novel augmented reality system using a Microsoft Hololens as a head-mounted aid for wheelchair navigation. The system displays visual feedback to the wearer as a way of explaining the underlying dynamics of the wheelchair's shared controller and its predicted future states. To investigate the influence of different interface design options, a pilot study was also conducted. We evaluated the acceptance rate and learning curve of an immersive wheelchair training regime, revealing preliminary insights into the potential beneficial and adverse nature of different augmented reality cues for assistive navigation. In particular, we demonstrate that care should be taken in the presentation of information, with effort-reducing cues for augmented information acquisition (for example, a rear-view display) being the most appreciated.

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“…Almost all the research are using electric wheelchair because of the size and propelling it is a cognitively challenging task of manual wheelchair that not suit to pediatric. Miguel Sarabia and Yiannis Demiris integrated a Nao to a electric wheelchair in order to lowering the cognitive requirements needed for controlling the movement [8].…”

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A Review on Electric Wheelchair Innovation to Ease Mobility and As a Rehabilitation Tool for Spinal Cord Impairment Patient

Sidik¹,

Ghani²,

Ishak³

et al. 2018

IJET

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Wheelchair is used to assist disability people to do daily activities in order to reduce depending on other to continue their living. Adding some device into it, wheelchair can be not only help in mobilization, it can be rehabilitation device to the user. This review paper focus modifications done onto market available wheelchair. Variety types of sensor used to improve the mobility of electric wheelchair and to make it as a rehabilitation tools at the same time. Keywords-Instrumented wheelchair, spinal cord injury, sensors 1. INTRODUCTION For those who are having impairment for lower and upper extremity, wheelchair is one of their ways to move around. These kind of people, tend to be more depressed comparing those who are healthy and wheelchair provide them mobility to ease their day. On the other hands, their depression can be reduced a little bit by moving around. In United States alone, more than 200,000 use wheelchair as their primary means of mobility[1]. The demand for electric wheelchair increasing since the price been reduced and user switching from manual to powered wheelchair[2]. Especially for patient that suffer in higher level of impairment to ease their daily life[3]. Electric wheelchair can be control by a joystick to move forward, backward, turn left and right. But for some patient with severe motor-disabilities, they can't hold the joystick properly to move around on their wheelchair. Research to improve electric wheelchair started since 30 years ago to make sure all type of severe motor impairments patient has a wheelchair that can be used by them without bring any harm. Harm can be happened when they miss control the joystick and possibility to hit obstacle and wall. For a cerebral palsy or cognitive impairment, high-level spinal cord injury, and quadriplegia patient, they can't control amount of force to push the joystick and over pushing will caused the wheelchair accelerate instantly. Control algorithm and control techniques should be developed in order to enhance the riding safety for them. Sensors are neededto detect and measure the object and send the signal to processor to be calculated based on algorithm set before. Control techniques is normally for a pediatrics to teach on how to control their wheelchair to move from point A to point B.Basically the objective to modify available electric wheelchair are to ease the mobility by assist the navigation and as rehabilitation tools. This review paper is discussing about type of sensors installedand how it is work to navigate the movement of electric wheelchair and modification to make it as a rehabilitation tool. This paper is written to gather as much as possible innovation on electric wheelchair for spinal cord impairment patients. Lots of innovation has been done to cater the wheelchair movement control problem faced by the patients. Normal wheelchair can't be control easily because of they has problem to move their arm and finger especially tocontrol the joystick. Different sensors and different algorithm used by many researcher but the...

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A Humanoid Robot Companion for Wheelchair Users

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

From Babies to Robots: The Contribution of Developmental Robotics to Developmental Psychology

From Babies to Robots: The Contribution of Developmental Robotics to Developmental Psychology

Head-Mounted Augmented Reality for Explainable Robotic Wheelchair Assistance

A Review on Electric Wheelchair Innovation to Ease Mobility and As a Rehabilitation Tool for Spinal Cord Impairment Patient

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