Smart walkers: an application-oriented review

Solenne Page, Ludovic Saint-Bauzel, Pierre Rumeau, Viviane Pasqui
2016 Robotica (Cambridge. Print)  
SUMMARY In this paper, a development method for smart walker prototypes is proposed. Development of such prototypes is based on technological choices and device evaluations. The method is aimed at guiding technological choices in a modular fashion. First, the method for choosing modules to be integrated in a smart walker is presented. Application-specific modules are then studied. Finally, the issues of evaluation are investigated. In order to work out this method, more than 50 smart walkers
more » ... their pros and cons with respect to the different studied applications are reviewed.
doi:10.1017/s0263574716000023 fatcat:326nzzk5mrcw5drjn5nmks2oze