Mobility Robotic Assistance in a Human Environment
European Robotics Forum
March 21 2013, 1.30pm-3.30pm, Lyon (France)
This workshop aims to present research activities in the areas of robotic mobile service
and robotic assistance to human mobility in different contexts of human life.
The targeted devices are robotic modules for personal assistance, such as mobile bases,
walking aids, wheelchairs and transfer systems that can partly or fully support disabled
and elderly people in their living environment.
Important issues for such devices are:
- Autonomous navigation and manipulation in populated environments with highly dynamic changes
- Taking into account social conventions and human behavior understanding
- Designing control interfaces for people with possible motricity/cognitive impairments
- Integration of mobility devices in a global assistance framework that requires communication between the assistance agents
- Instrumentation of the mobility devices for monitoring activities and state of health
Anne Spalanzani
INRIA Rhone-Alpes, 655 Avenue de l'Europe, 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex, France
Phone: +33476615292 Fax: +3347661 5477
Anne.Spalanzani@inria.fr
Jean-Pierre Merlet
INRIA Sophia Antipolis Mediterranee,
2004 route des lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex
Phone +33492385024 Fax: +33492385028
Jean-Pierre.Merlet@inria.fr