Laser pointers and a touch screen: intuitive interfaces for autonomous mobile manipulation for the motor impaired
Young Sang Choi, Cressel D. Anderson, Jonathan D. Glass, Charles C. Kemp · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents El-E ("Ellie"), a prototype assistive mobile robot designed to help people with severe motor impairments retrieve everyday objects from the floor. The robot features a vertical lift with a 5-degree-of-freedom manipulator arm, stereo and omnidirectional…
assistive robotics · motor impairment · amyotrophic lateral sclerosis · human-robot interaction · laser pointer interface