Proposed generic method to assess efficiency of smart-walkers

Viviane Pasqui (1) , Ludovic Saint-Bauzel (1) , Pierre Rumeau (2, 3) , Nadine Vigouroux (4, 5)

1 ISIR - Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique
2 INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
3 CHU Toulouse - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
4 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
5 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

This paper is proposing a method to assess the efficiency of smart-walkers. These robotic devices are closely interacting with the human user. As we address mainly the needs of elderly people we chose to base our method on normalized geriatric medicine tests. We are showing the feasibility of that approach on robuWALKER device.

Mots clés: elderly people; walking aids; robots; geriatric assessment; method

Domaines: Robotique [cs.RO]; Systèmes embarqués; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Systèmes et contrôle [cs.SY]

Viviane Pasqui, Ludovic Saint-Bauzel, Pierre Rumeau, Nadine Vigouroux. Proposed generic method to assess efficiency of smart-walkers. International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST 2012), 2012, Artimino, Italy. pp.218-221, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-30779-9_29⟩. ⟨hal-03167107⟩