Mobility Lecture

Greg Welch
April 3, 2003
Comp190/Comp290 Enabling Technology

Lecture Slides

• Original (Apple Keynote)
• PowerPoint (converted from Keynote)
• Acrobat/PDF

Miscellaneous

• Locally-preserved mobility papers

Navigation, Wayfinding, and Orientation for the Blind

• NavBelt web and paper (University of Michigan)
• GuideCane web and paper (University of Michigan)
• Loomis et al., Nagivation System for the Blind
• Ross and Blasch, Wearable Interfaces for Orientation and Wayfinding
• Schneider and Strothotte, Constructive Exploration of Spatial Information by Blind Users

Assistive/Cooperative Robotics

• http://marc.med.virginia.edu/pdfs/projects/robotic_agent.pdf
• Shared control paper

Intelligent Wheelchairs

• http://www.aai.ca/robots/tao_7.html
• http://www.aai.ca/research/tech/yanco.zip
• 673schil.doc
• http://www.healthcare.ottobock.com/reha/pdf/powerwheelchairs.pdf
• EasyChair (Williams and Welch, 1986)
• NavChair paper (University of Michigan)
  • http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/mrl/00MoRob_20.html
  • http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~johannb/navchair.htm
  • http://www.engin.umich.edu/research/mrl/00MoRob_19.html
• iBot
  • Official site (not much info)
  • Unofficial site (much more info)

Last updated: Thursday, April 3, 2003