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The Smart Bathroom: UD through Integrating Physical and Digital Worlds
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014)Although the abilities of people with disabilities are diverse, many accessible toilets are fixed. As a result, they can only support some abilities some of the time. The purpose of this project is to develop a smart ... -
Assistive Mobile Manipulation for Self-Care Tasks Around the Head
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014)Human-scale mobile robots with arms have the potential to assist people with a variety of tasks. We present a proof-of-concept system that has enabled a person with severe quadriplegia named Henry Evans to shave himself ... -
Interleaving Planning and Control for Efficient Haptically-guided Reaching in Unknown Environments
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014)We present a new method for reaching in an initially unknown environment with only haptic sensing. In this paper, we propose a haptically-guided interleaving planning and control (HIPC) method with a haptic mapping ... -
Learning to Reach into the Unknown: Selecting Initial Conditions When Reaching in Clutter
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014-09)Often in highly-cluttered environments, a robot can observe the exterior of the environment with ease, but cannot directly view nor easily infer its detailed internal structure (e.g., dense ... -
A Robotic System for Reaching in Dense Clutter that Integrates Model Predictive Control, Learning, Haptic Mapping, and Planning
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014-09)We present a system that enables a robot to reach locations in dense clutter using only haptic sensing. Our system integrates model predictive control [1], learned initial conditions [2], tactile recognition of object ... -
Understanding the Role of Technology for Meeting the Support Needs of Older Adults in the USA with Functional Limitations
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Moving In Out and Around the Home: Solutions from Older Adults with Long-term Mobility Impairment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-06)The purpose of this study was to explore how older adults aging with long-term mobility impairment have adapted to mobility challenges in the home. Through in-home interviews, participants discussed their experience moving ... -
Optimization of Robot Configurations for Assistive Tasks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016)Robots can provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) to humans with motor impairments. Specialized robots, such as desktop robotic feeding systems, have been successful for specific assistive tasks when ... -
Analysis Of The Effect Of A Rear Wall Grab Bar Configuration On The Fall Risk Associated With Toilet Transfers In Older Adults With Mobility Impairment
(RESNA/NCART, 2016)Twenty-three older adults were recruited for a two-hour in-home study. As a part of the process, the researchers asked questions regarding their process for toilet transfer, asked to provide ratings about toilet transfer ... -
Autobed: Open Hardware for Accessible Web-based Control of an Electric Bed
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016)Individuals with severe motor impairments often have difficulty operating the standard controls of electric beds and so require a caregiver to adjust their position for utility, comfort, or to prevent pressure ulcers. ... -
A Model that Predicts the Material Recognition Performance of Thermal Tactile Sensing
(2016)Tactile sensing can enable a robot to infer properties of its surroundings, such as the material of an object. Heat transfer based sensing can be used for material recognition due to differences in the thermal properties ... -
TechSAge Minimum Battery: Overview of Measures
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Collaboration Between a Robotic Bed and a Mobile Manipulator May Improve Physical Assistance for People with Disabilities
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-08)We present a robotic system designed to provide physical assistance to a person in bed. The system consists of a robotic bed (Autobed) and a mobile manipulator (PR2) that work together. The 3 degree-of-freedom (DoF) ... -
Data-Driven Haptic Perception for Robot-Assisted Dressing
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-08)Dressing is an important activity of daily living (ADL) with which many people require assistance due to impairments. Robots have the potential to provide dressing assistance, but physical interactions between clothing ... -
SmartBathroom: Developing a smart environment to study bathroom transfers
(RESNA, 2017)Individuals’ functional abilities change over time; they increase and then decrease over the lifespan, and in some they may fluctuate over the course of a day. While these fluctuations may not impact one’s ability to ... -
Understanding older adults’ perceptions of and attitudes towards exergames
(International Society for Gerontechnology, 2017)Purpose Maintaining physical activity is a key component of successful aging and has benefits for both physical and cognitive functioning in the older adult population. One promising method for engaging in physical activity ... -
Challenges in the Home for Adults Aging with Mobility Impairments
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Development of Personas for Designing for Individuals with Mobility Impairments
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Haptic Simulation for Robot-Assisted Dressing
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017)There is a considerable need for assistive dressing among people with disabilities, and robots have the potential to fulfill this need. However, training such a robot would require extensive trials in order to learn the ... -
Medication Adherence for Older Adults with Disabilities
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyRehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Successful Aging with Disability, 2017)