Today, approximately 10 percent of the world's population is over the age of 60; by 2050 this
proportion will have more than doubled. Moreover, the greatest rate of increase is amongst …

The use of on-body wearable sensors is widespread in several academic and industrial
domains. Of great interest are their applications in ambulatory monitoring and pervasive …

“Esther Sternberg is a rare writer—a physician who healed herself... With her scientific
expertise and crystal clear prose, she illuminates how intimately the brain and the immune …

This work introduces a wearable system to provide situational awareness for blind and
visually impaired people. The system includes a camera, an embedded computer and a …

Monitoring physical activities by using wireless sensors is helpful for identifying postural
orientation and movements in the real-life environment. A simple and robust method based …

Using a robot designed for senior citizens in a retirement home setting, an experiment (N=
51) was conducted to investigate whether variations in the role (companion vs. assistant) …

Many elderly and physically impaired people experience difficulties when maneuvering a
powered wheelchair. In order to ease maneuvering, powered wheelchairs have been …

The Guido is a robotic walker that provides navigation and obstacle-avoidance assistance.
Engineering tests have found that the device performs adequately and presents no hazard …

Research on intelligent walkers aims at helping elderly individuals to maintain their
independence in familiar and unfamiliar environments. Several walkers have been …

This paper proposes a new control approach for a robotic walking support system to adapt a
user's controlling characteristic. The control approach will be implemented by changing the …