Locomotion is an important human faculty that affects an individual's life, bringing not only
physical and psychosocial implications but also heavy social-economic consequences …

Smart walkers may be used to assist human navigation. However, social conventions and
human behavior should be taken into consideration to allow their interaction with other …

Fault diagnosis is a key safety component in robotic assistive technologies. Although
conventional model-based methods for sensor fault diagnosis in mobile robots have been …

This work aims to summarise intelligent walkers' technical and functional characteristics and
analyse the best characteristics and conditions that any new robotic walker prototype should …

One of the significant symptoms in Parkinson's disease is resting tremor. Resting tremor
occurs when the muscle is relaxed, causing the limb to shake. Rhythmic muscle movement …

Smart Walkers are robotic devices commonly used to improve physical stability and sensory
support for people with lower limb weakness or cognitive impairments. Even though such …

One of the major risk factors for impaired mobility is aging, and with the aging population on
the rise, the demand for assistive technologies for individuals with mobility impairment is at …

In this paper we propose a gait pattern analysis system that uses stereo vision and machine
learning techniques for robotic walker applications. This work contributes with a user …

This dissertation started from an original and clinically interesting question, namely, how can
technology contribute to the objective assessment of the gait pattern of patients in clinical …