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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Assistive robotics"”.
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An assistive robotics control system based on speech semantic recognition
… researchers and organizations are working on assistive technologies to ease the disabilities people to move around freely, independence, comfort and have the capabilities to enjoy life to the fullest. Nowadays, most of assistive technologies such as manual wheelchairs are propelled by patients …
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Design and Teleoperative Control of Humanoid Robot Upper Body for Task-driven Assistance
… civilian and defense industry rely heavily on robotics which continues to gain a more prominent role. To exemplify, defense strategies in Middle East have relied upon robotic drones and teleoperative assistant robots for mission oriented tasks. These operations have been crucial in saving the …
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Gait Phase Estimation and Foot Trajectory Prediction During Dynamic Walking Using Gated Recurrent Units
In the field of assistive robotics and exoskeletons, foot trajectory prediction has the potential to play a pivotal role in improving the functionality and user experience of worn devices. Rather than operating as a reactive system which only responds to user movement, a de vice which predicts …
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Driven Origami-Inspired Large-Elongation Soft Robot Modules
… in fields spanning medicine, space, to assistive robotics. Unlike traditionally rigid robots, soft robots offer inherent safety and a robust design. Furthermore, modular reconfigurable soft robots, which are robots composed of repeating reconfigurable units, provide the same benefits as …
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Domain-Independent Mode Estimation for Human-Robot Collaboration
… recognition is essential for collaborative and assistive robotics, particularly in dynamic or safety-critical environments. The core solution presented in this thesis is a mode-estimator and its efficient implementation using the A* with bounding conflicts (A*BC) algorithm. This performs …
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Efficient Motion Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robotics
Nowadays, the field of wheeled robotics is undergoing an impressive growth and development. Different hardware and software components are being developed and applied in various contexts, including assistive robotics, industrial robotics, automotive, ... Motion Planning is a fundamental aspect for …
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Eye controlled semi-Robotic Wheelchair for quadriplegic users embedding Mixed Reality tools
Mobile assistive robotics can play a key role to improve the autonomy and lifestyle of patients. In this context, RoboEye project aims to support people affected by mobility problems that range from very impairing pathologies (like ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) to old age. Any severe motor …
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Design and Implementation of a Modular Human-Robot Interaction Framework
… the burden on in-home human caregivers. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a new subfield of research derived from human-robot interaction that aims to provide hands-off interventions for patients with an emphasis on social rather than physical interaction. As these SAR systems are very new …
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Enhancing Capabilities of Assistive Robotic Arms: Learning, Control, and Object Manipulation
In this thesis, we explore methods to enable assistive robotic arms mounted on wheelchairs to assist disabled users with their daily activities. To effectively aid users, these robots must recognize a variety of tasks and provide intuitive control mechanisms. We focus on developing techniques that …
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Evaluation of a pneumatic ankle-foot orthosis: portability and functionality
… many challenges in creating portable human-assistive robotics and exoskeletons, although the need for robotic human assist continues to grow. These challenges span disciplines such as control, design, fuel and efficiency, user-interfaces, neuroscience, and kinesiology. Our lab has developed …
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Development and evaluation of a haptic framework supporting telerehabilitation robotics and group interaction
Telerehabilitation robotics has grown remarkably in the past few years. It can provide intensive training to people with special needs remotely while facilitating therapists to observe the whole process. Telerehabilitation robotics is a promising solution supporting routine care which can help to …
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Using Rigid and Soft Grippers for Assistive Robotic Tasks
For robot arms to perform everyday tasks in unstructured environments, these robots must be able to manipulate a diverse range of objects. Today's robots often grasp objects with either soft grippers or rigid end-effectors. However, purely rigid or purely soft grippers have fundamental limitations: …
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Development And Human Performance Evaluation Of Control Modes Of An Exo-Skeletal Assistive Robotic Arm (esara)
… for selecting the appropriate control of an assistive device based on the range of basic human movements that were possible by the population under consideration (button pushing, lever sliding, and speech). The main idea was to create an evaluation methodology based on a user platform with …
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Artificial Emotional Intelligence in Socially Assistive Robots
… of artificial intelligence, psychology, robotics, biometrics, and many more fields of study. The main component in AEI and affective computing is emotion, and how we can utilize emotion to create a more natural and productive relationship between humans and machines.</p> <p>An area in …
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Design and Development of the eBear: A Socially Assistive Robot for Elderly People with Depression
… has been tremendous progress in the field of robotics in the past decade and especially developing humanoid robots with social abilities that can assist human at a socio-emotional level. The objective of this thesis is to develop and study a perceptive and expressive animal-like robot equipped …
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Underactuated Exoskeletons for Lifting, Carrying, and Walking Assistance
Exoskeletons are rapidly emerging from the realm of science-fiction myth to practical reality in everyday life. Various designs have provided viable means for individuals to regain capabilities that were lost or perform tasks not previously possible by their ability alone. In this research, I …
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Modified System Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Assistive Robotic Manipulator
This thesis presents three improvements to the current UCF MANUS systems. The first improvement modifies the existing fine motion controller into PI controller that has been optimized to prevent the object from leaving the view of the cameras used for visual servoing. This is achieved by adding a …
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Advanced psychometric approaches to the assessment of cognitive decline and risk factors: from symptoms interplay to therapeutic innovation [Approcci psicometrici avanzati per la valutazione del declino cognitivo e dei fattori di rischio: dall'interazione tra sintomi all'innovazione terapeutica]
… Quinto esplora l’applicazione delle tecnologie assistive nella prospettiva dell’ergonomia cognitiva, confrontando l’esecuzione di compiti assistita o dall’uomo, o da un robot. Integrando misure oggettive di performance, valutazioni soggettive e indicatori fisiologici di stress, lo studio …
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Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches: Design and Deployment
In this thesis, robotic mental well-being coaches are envisioned as tools to promote users’ well-being. With the rising prevalence of mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, access to mental well-being services remains a significant challenge. Robotic mental well-being coaches are a …