Preliminary Development of a Walk-Helper Application Agent with an Assistant Personal Robot

Martínez, David; Martínez, Dani; Clotet, Eduard; Moreno, Javier; Tresánchez, Marcel; Palacín, Jordi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61118-1_3

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“…This paper proposes the integration of a walk-helper functionality into a multipurpose assistive mobile robot that has already been developed. This application as a walk-helper is an extension of an initial conceptual idea proposed in Martínez et al [11]. Figure 1 shows an image of the mobile robot used in this paper which is an autonomous version of the prototype described in Clotet et al [12] designed initially as a tele-operated mobile robot.…”

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Extending the Application of an Assistant Personal Robot as a Walk-Helper Tool

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This paper presents the application of a mobile robot designed as an Assistant Personal Robot (APR) as a walk-helper tool. The hypothesis is that the height and weight of this mobile robot can be used also to provide a dynamic physical support and guidance to people while they walk. This functionality is presented as a soft walking aid at home but not as a substitute of an assistive cane or a walker device, which may withstand higher weights and provide better stability during a walking. The APR operates as a walk-helper tool by providing user interaction using the original arms of the mobile robot and by using the onboard sensors of the mobile robot in order to avoid obstacles and guide the walking through free areas. The results of the experiments conducted with the walk-helper have showed the automatic generation of smooth walking trajectories and a reduction in the number of manual trajectory corrections required to complete a walking displacement.

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confidence: 97%