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Intelligent Control Architecture for Assistive Mobile Robots

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The current technology has provided the necessary means for creating better assistive tools. Among these tools, the interest on assistive robotics has been growing, since its cost is being reduced and new equipment is introduced on the market. Yet, developing robots for aiding therapy is not an easy task because robotics is intrinsically multidisciplinary. Among the several research fields contributing to robotics research, two are of particular interest: control architectures and human–robot interaction. This paper covers ongoing research projects on assistive mobile robots for child rehabilitation developed in collaboration with Brazilian and Colombian Universities and proposes an intelligent control architecture based on human–robot interaction for assistive applications. Furthermore, it presents a case study on assistive robots for special education.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the Group of Integration of Intelligent Systems and Devices (GISDI), of the Department of Computing, Faculty of Sciences, São Paulo State University, Bauru, Brazil. We also thank the Laboratory of Intelligent Automation (LAI), of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Technology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil, for their support. We also thank Freepik for the pictographs and to Kevin MacLeod for the music.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, Trabalhador São-carlense Ave., 400, São Carlos, SP, 13566-590, Brazil

    Silas Franco dos Reis Alves

  2. Department of Computing, Faculty of Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Engenheiro Luís Carrijo Coube Ave., 14-01, Bauru, SP, 17033-360, Brazil

    Humberto Ferasoli Filho

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Correspondence to Silas Franco dos Reis Alves.

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This work was supported by São Paulo Research Foundation under Grants 2011/17610-0 and 2012/12050-0.

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dos Reis Alves, S.F., Ferasoli Filho, H. Intelligent Control Architecture for Assistive Mobile Robots. J Control Autom Electr Syst 27, 515–526 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40313-016-0249-z

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