Mobility Assistance for Older People
This paper describes the development of a scooter supporting the mobility of older people. The scooter is equipped with a drive assistance system and a special scooter navigation system. The drive assistance system consists of a velocity controller, a steering controller, and a collision avoidance s...
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| author | Daniel Eck Klaus Schilling Ahmad Abdul-Majeed Jörn Thielecke Phillipp Richter Javier Gutiérrez Boronat Irina Schens Bernd Thomas Bettina Williger Frieder R. Lang |
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| description | This paper describes the development of a scooter supporting the mobility of older people. The scooter is equipped with a drive assistance system and a special scooter navigation system. The drive assistance system consists of a velocity controller, a steering controller, and a collision avoidance system. In this paper it is demonstrated how the challenging control and steering tasks are modified to increase safety for older people. A special scooter navigation system is presented, to support elderly people in navigating on a safe route through the city using sidewalks, pedestrian lights and crosswalks. For extended positioning requirements a hybrid positioning system was developed combining GPS, WLAN, and inertial sensor data. By combination of these technical improvements it is demonstrated how older people are able to preserve their self-determined and independent life. Usability research was done with focus groups in order to become familiar with global user demands and expectations towards a mobility assistance system. Results show that the system components are expected to assist the user in navigation, steering and speed control rather than to take complete control on the driving situation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a28ddfe33b814c2587ee430c6509c15a2025-02-03T05:49:40ZengWileyApplied Bionics and Biomechanics1176-23221754-21032012-01-0191698310.3233/ABB-2012-0053Mobility Assistance for Older PeopleDaniel Eck0Klaus Schilling1Ahmad Abdul-Majeed2Jörn Thielecke3Phillipp Richter4Javier Gutiérrez Boronat5Irina Schens6Bernd Thomas7Bettina Williger8Frieder R. Lang9Computer Science VII, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, GermanyComputer Science VII, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, GermanyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, LIKE, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, LIKE, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyPower Efficient Systems Department, Fraunhofer Institute IIS, Nuremberg, GermanyPower Efficient Systems Department, Fraunhofer Institute IIS, Nuremberg, GermanyR&D Pre-Development, NAVIGON AG, Würzburg, GermanyR&D Pre-Development, NAVIGON AG, Würzburg, GermanyInstitute of Psychogerontology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyInstitute of Psychogerontology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyThis paper describes the development of a scooter supporting the mobility of older people. The scooter is equipped with a drive assistance system and a special scooter navigation system. The drive assistance system consists of a velocity controller, a steering controller, and a collision avoidance system. In this paper it is demonstrated how the challenging control and steering tasks are modified to increase safety for older people. A special scooter navigation system is presented, to support elderly people in navigating on a safe route through the city using sidewalks, pedestrian lights and crosswalks. For extended positioning requirements a hybrid positioning system was developed combining GPS, WLAN, and inertial sensor data. By combination of these technical improvements it is demonstrated how older people are able to preserve their self-determined and independent life. Usability research was done with focus groups in order to become familiar with global user demands and expectations towards a mobility assistance system. Results show that the system components are expected to assist the user in navigation, steering and speed control rather than to take complete control on the driving situation.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ABB-2012-0053 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Eck Klaus Schilling Ahmad Abdul-Majeed Jörn Thielecke Phillipp Richter Javier Gutiérrez Boronat Irina Schens Bernd Thomas Bettina Williger Frieder R. Lang Mobility Assistance for Older People Applied Bionics and Biomechanics |
| title | Mobility Assistance for Older People |
| title_full | Mobility Assistance for Older People |
| title_fullStr | Mobility Assistance for Older People |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobility Assistance for Older People |
| title_short | Mobility Assistance for Older People |
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