Background Older adults are the most prevalent wheelchair users in Canada. Yet, cognitive
impairments may prevent an older adult from being allowed to use a powered wheelchair …

Electrical Powered Wheelchair (EPW) users may find navigation through indoor and outdoor
environments a significant challenge due to their disabilities. Moreover, they may suffer from …

Collision avoidance technology has the capacity to facilitate safer mobility among older
power mobility users with physical, sensory and cognitive impairments, thus enabling …

Many older adults with cognitive impairment are excluded from powered wheelchair use
because of safety concerns. This leads to reduced mobility, and in turn, higher dependence …

We studied an anti-collision power wheelchair's ability to enable safe, independent mobility
in nursing home residents with dementia. The device had a contact sensor skirt that …

People with movement disabilities may find powered wheelchair driving a challenging task
due to their comorbidities. Certain visually impaired persons with mobility disabilities are not …

Powered wheelchairs offer a means of independent mobility for older adults who are unable
to walk and cannot propel a manual wheelchair. Unfortunately, cognitively impaired older …

For older adults, functional independent mobility is essential to well-being. Many care home
residents have physical and cognitive impairments and use wheelchairs. Residents with …

We describe a novel framework for calculating dense, accurate elevation maps from stereo,
in which the height of each point in the scene is estimated relative to the ground plane. The …

It is estimated that approximately 10% of people who are legally blind require wheelchairs
[1]. Wheelchair users with visual impairments face difficulties in avoiding obstacles as well …