Various robotic systems have been proposed to provide assistance in activities related to
daily living and in physical therapy. Our consortium developed a prototype assistive robotic …

Various robotic systems have been proposed to assist in daily living and support therapy.
Even though several assessment tools and standards exist for assistive devices, medical …

Innovative assistive rehabilitation robots are being developed with the participation of user
candidates and clinical experts during the entire robot-development process. The purpose of …

This paper introduces a smart mobile walker which was developed for elderly and disabled.
It supports three features, which are walking aid, sit-to-stand aid, and electric scooter …

This paper describes a robotic walker, Johnnie, that provides assistance to mobility-
challenged people, especially elderly people. Our walker is modified from a conventional …

An instrumented walker is an assistive device designed to assess the effects of upper-limb
loading on gait characteristics. Such a device is used in conjunction with a motion analysis …

This paper presents SmartWalker and evaluates the appropriateness and usefulness of the
walker and its gesture-based interface for the elderly. As a high-tech extension of a regular …

This paper introduces a smart mobile walker which support walking aid, sit-to-stand aid, and
electric scooter functions for elderly and disabled. It is designed for indoor use like …

It is known that human mobility has the tendency to decrease, gradually, with age as a
consequence of neurological, muscular and/or osteoarticular deterioration. Thus, in an …

Impaired mobility is ranked as one of the most important factors that have both physical and
mental impacts on patients' life [1]. The impacts are especially serious for the rapidly …