Workshop on
Assistive Technologies: Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
to be held in conjunction with
2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
San Diego, CA, USA , 29 October - 2 November 2007
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Workshop on
Assistive Technologies: Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
to be held in conjunction with 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems San Diego, CA, USA , 29 October - 2 November 2007 |
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Organizers
Dr. Adriana Tapus |
Dr. Javier Minguez |
Prof. Maja J Mataric' |
Overview
Assistive robotics encompasses a growing and increasing community that merges researchers and industry with the objective of creating applications and solutions to ameliorate the quality of life of human beings. This challenging research area involves a tight operation among robotics, health science, psychology, social and cognitive sciences. Assistive robotics has the potential to enhance the quality of life for large populations of users. In response to the rapidly growing elderly population, a great deal of research attention has been dedicated towards the study and development of robot companions aimed at reducing stress and depression. In addition, individuals with physical impairments and those in rehabilitation therapy are also potential beneficiaries of assistive technology, not only for improved mobility but also for improved outcomes in recovery. Finally, individuals with cognitive disabilities and developmental and social disorders (e.g., autism) constitute another growing population that could benefit from assistive robotics in the context of special education, therapy, and training. Besides being an interdisciplinary research area, assistive robotics field raises also ethical issues concerning the interaction with vulnerable individuals. Current advances in the theoretical and practical knowledge in robotics are reaching and boosting the application in this interesting domain which is becoming really active in the last years.
Topics
The main areas of interest include but are not limited to:
Workshop Time and Location
The full-day workshop will be held Monday, October 29, 2007, between 9:20 and 18:00 at the IROS'O7 conference site.
Program
| Monday, October 29, 2007 | |
| 9:20 |
Welcome and Introduction Workshop co-chairs |
| Therapy Robotics | |
| 9:30-10:50 (~20 minute talks) |
Robot as social mediator for children with special need Patrizia Marti Applying models of visual attention to visual gaze patterns of children with autism [PDF] Brian Scassellati Robot in the loop of therapeutic care for children with autism [PDF] Hideki Kozima Usability assessment of ASIBOT, a Portable Robot to Aid Spinal Cord Injury Patients Alberto Jardon, Angel M. Gil, Ana I. De la Pena, Antonio Gimenez, Carlos Balaguer |
| 10:50-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| Rehabilitation and Human-Robot Interaction for Assistance | |
| 11:00-12:00 (~20 minute talks) |
Assistive Robots: The Link between Physiological Signals, Personality, and Task Performance [PDF] Adriana Tapus Speak, Browse, Type: Three Product Selection Interfaces for the Visually Impaired in Robot-Assisted Grocery Shopping [PDF] Vladimir Kulyukin Neuro-robot for functional support of the human body [PDF] Maria Chiara Carrozza |
| 12:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
| Mobility Aids | |
| 14:00-15:50 (~20 minute talks) |
Multi-modal control of an intelligent wheelchair [PDF] Joelle Pineau and Amin Atrash Experimental Design for Cognitively Impaired Power Wheelchair Users Evaluating a Visual Control Interface of a Robot Arm [PDF] Holly Yanco and Kate Tsui Collaborative Wheelchair Assistant Etienne Burdet User experience with wearable motion sensors [PDF] Cecilio Angulo A Pilot Study of the Development of a Robotic Wheelchair for Cognitive Disabled Children Javier Minguez |
| 15:50-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
| Social and Ethical Issues | |
| 16:00-16:40 (~20 minute talks) |
Ethical Issues surrounding the use of Robotic Companions for the Elderly: Illusion versus Reality Ron Arkin Interaction with very-human like robots [PDF] Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| Poster Session | |
| 16:40-17:45 | Capturing and Modeling a Tool Dynamics for Adaptive Task Practice in Stroke Rehabilitation [PDF] Younggeun Choi and Nicolas Schweighofer Undesired Constraint Forces in non-ergonomic wearable Exoskeletons [PDF] Andre Schiele Performance Characterization of LIDAR Based Localization for Docking a Smart Wheelchair System [PDF] C. Gao, I. Hoffman, T. Miller, T. Panzarella, and J. Spletzer Conveying Shopper Intent in Robot-Assisted Shopping for the Blind [PDF] Chaitanya P. Gharpure, Vladimir Kulyukin, and Daniel Coster Collaborative Control for Personalized Mobility Assistance to Persons with Physical/Cognitive Disabilities [PDF] I. Sanchez-Tato, J.C. del Toro, E.J. Perez, C. Ursiales, U. Cortes, R. Annicchiaricco, F. Sandoval, and C. Caltagirone |
| 17:45-18:00 |
Workshop Wrap-up: Adriana Tapus |
Submissions
Prospective participants should submit an extended abstract (up to three pages) describing recent work. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present their work as a poster. All submissions are due in PDF format to Adriana Tapus at adriana.tapus(at)ieee.org. Submissions will be judged on technical merit and on potential to provoke active discussions.
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Due: August 1
Notification of Accepted Posters: August 15
IROS 2007 Conference: October 29 - November 2
Registration and Workshop Material
Registration to the workshop is open at http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl. The registration fee is 100 USD (50 USD for student members) before September 29, 2007. Full information on fees can be found at http://www.crim.ncsu.edu/iros2007/?page_id=57 . The registration fee includes the Workshop/Tutorial Proceedings DVD and a coffee break.