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Project IMMEDIATE
Integrated System for Mobility and Manipulation for Disabled People
Short description
Project goals comprise:
- the demonstration of integrated aids for mobility, manipulation, and computer access; all applying the M3S-Bus system,
- the evaluation of six different mobile platforms; each consisting of an electrical wheelchair, a robot manipulator, a computer/ environmental control/ navigation system, and and operating device,
- the information dissemination among end-users, manufacturers, funding institutions, and rehabilitation facilities on the chances and advantages of integrated systems
Project partners
- TNO Institute of Applied Physics, Netherlands (general project leader)
- Commissariat a l'Energy Automique, France
- Exact Dynamics, Netherlands
- IRV Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Netherlands
- SSSA Scuola Superiore di studi e die perfezionamento S. Anna, Italy
- FST Fondation Suisse pour les Teletheses, Switzerland
- SINTEF Senter for Industriforskning, Norway
Publications
- Integration von Rollstuhl und Handhabungssystem zur Unterstützung von Menschen mit Handicap.
Bühler, Ch., in: Tagungsband der 9. Fachgespräche über autonome mobile Systeme (AMS),
München, Oktober 1993, pp. 17 - 26. - Integration of a robot arm with a wheelchair.
Bühler, Ch., presentation ati: IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems;
12.-16. September 1994; München.
Project data
Duration: 12/1992 - 11/1995
Funding: co-funded by the European Commission within the SPRINT-Programme.
Contact persons at FTB
- Dr.-Ing. Helmut Heck (Head of development centre)
email: hh@ftb-volmarstein.de - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bühler (Head of institute)
email: c.buehler@ftb-volmarstein.de
Last Updated at Wednesday, 18 October 2006