Assistive Systems
The Assistive System Lab focuses on design, construction and programming
of devices (robots, ambient intelligence and wearables) meant to provide
assistance to people with special needs. A major effort is centred
around assistance personalization. Main research topics are related to:
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Collaborative control involving cooperation between persons and
machines, aiming at increasing human efficiency and decreasing
disagreement with the machines
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Assisted navigation using assistive robotics providing physical
support (e.g., wheelchairs or walkers) able to learn and reinforce the
attainable human skills and to adapt to unexpected manoeuvres
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Integration and modeling of data extracted from onboard sensors,
environment sensors and wearables to detect potential problems of the
assistive system user in a proactive way.
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