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The i-Walker: An Intelligent Pedestrian Mobility Aid

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Computational Intelligence in Healthcare 4

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 309))

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In this chapter we focus on the development of an intelligent pedestrian mobility aid for the elders that we call i-Walker. The target population includes, but is not limited to, persons with low vision, visual field neglect, spasticity, tremors, and cognitive deficits. The SHARE-it architecture will provide an Agent-based Intelligent Decision Support System to aid the elders.

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  1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    C. Barrué, U. Cortés, A. Martínez-Velasco & E. X. Martín

  2. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy

    R. Annicchiarico & C. Caltagirone

  3. Centri Assistenza Domiciliare, Italy

    F. Campana

  4. Universita Tor Vergata, Italy

    C. Caltagirone

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Barrué, C. et al. (2010). The i-Walker: An Intelligent Pedestrian Mobility Aid. In: Bichindaritz, I., Vaidya, S., Jain, A., Jain, L.C. (eds) Computational Intelligence in Healthcare 4. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 309. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14464-6_6

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