Open AccessStudy on a Practical Robotic Follower to Support Daily Life - Mobile Robot Development for Home Oxygen Therapy Patients with the “Hyper Tether” -
Author(s) -
Masatsugu IRIBE,
Hideaki Matsuda,
Hiroyuki Aizawa,
Gen Endo,
T. Takubo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2011.p0316
Subject(s) - robot , mobile robot , computer science , simulation , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence
In this paper, we propose a practical robotic follower adopting the hyper-tether concept to support the daily lives of the patients undergoing home-oxygen therapy. For this, we developed a prototype for user testing and verified its effectiveness in an evaluation conducted in a real environment.
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