Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Signal Fingerprinting(also: Wireless Fingerprinting, RF Fingerprinting, Bluetooth Fingerprinting)
- Signal fingerprinting is a technique used in indoor positioning systems where the unique pattern of wireless signal strengths (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or RFID) at specific locations within a building is recorded and stored as a reference map. During navigation, a mobile device…
- Social Robot Navigation(also: Socially-aware robot navigation, Social navigation)
- A subfield of robotics concerned with how a mobile robot should move through environments shared with humans — choosing paths, speeds, and timings that respect social norms as well as physical obstacle avoidance. Classic robot-navigation algorithms optimise for shortest-path…
- Soundscape(also: Auditory Soundscape, Audio Landscape)
- An auditory environment where multiple spatialized sounds represent objects or landmarks in all directions around a listener, creating an acoustic representation of physical space. In accessibility applications, soundscapes use spatial audio technology to make virtual objects…
- Suitcase Robot(also: Suitcase-shaped robot, Robotic suitcase)
- A class of autonomous navigation robots housed inside a rolling suitcase or carry-on-shaped enclosure, designed so that a blind or low-vision user can grip the handle and be guided to a destination while appearing to any onlooker to simply be walking with a piece of luggage. The…
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