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Projekt PMMA
Personal Mobile Manipulation Assistance.
Short description
It is the goal of the working group PMMA to develop a concept for an integrated system for mobility (electrical wheelchair), for manipulation (robot arm), and for various computer-controlled applications (e.g. environmental control and communication aids). The necessary technology has to demonstrated.
The work comprises especially:
- market overview,
- state of the art analysis,
- user requirements analysis,
- system requirements analysis,
- technical concept,
- human-machine interface,
- omni-directional wheel steering concepts,
- sensor-guided navigation with collision avoidance,
- computer vision,
- robotics technology,
- application concepts for rehabilitation,
- integration concept,
- technology demonstration,
- economic and social impact.
Project partners
- FTB, Germany (general project leader)
- FernUniversität Hagen / Lehrstuhl Prozeßsteuerung und Regelungstechnik PRT, Germany
- Robosoft SA, France
- The Technology Applications Group, UK
- Knossos Technologies SA, Crete, Greece
Publications related to PMMA
- Uniform User Interface for Communication and Control.
Bühler, Ch., in: Proceedings European Conference on the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology/ ECART 2;
Stockholm, Sweden; 26.-28. Mai 1993; Beitrag 22.3.; - User Involvement in Evaluation and Assessment of Assistive Technology.
Bühler, Ch., Schmidt, M., in: Proceedings European Conference on the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology/ ECART 2;
Stockholm, Sweden; 26-28. Mai 1993; Beitrag 30.1.; - Smart Wheelchair with High Manoeuvrability.
Bühler, Ch., Humann, W., in: Proceedings European Conference on the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology/ ECART 2;
Stockholm, Sweden; 26.-28. May 1993; Beitrag P. I; - 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, S. 17 - 26. - Rollstuhlmontiertes Handhabungssystem für Menschen mit Handicap.
Bühler, Ch., Heck, H., Nedza. J., in: ´Intelligente Steuerung und Regelung von Robotern´; VDI-Berichte 1094;
VDI-Verlag Düsseldorf 1993; S. 153 - 164. - Adaptable User Interfaces for People with Special Needs.
Bühler, Ch., Heck, H., Wallbruch, R., in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 733; Grechenig, Th. (Hrsg.); Tscheligi, M.(Hrsg.);
Veröffentlichungen der Vienna Conference Human Computer Interaction VCHCI ´93;
Wien; S. 413-414; Springer-Verlag; - Integration of a robot arm with a wheelchair.
Bühler, Ch., Vortrag bei: IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems;
12.-16. September 1994; München. - Autonomous robot technology for advanced wheelchair and robotic aids for people with disabilities.
Bühler, Ch., Humann, W., Hoyer, H., Hoelper, R., Accepted for Intern. Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. - A Uniform Control Interface for Various Electronic Aids.
Bühler, Ch., Heck, H., Wallbruch, R., 4th International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons,
ICCHP ´94, Vienna, 14.-16. September 1994; Lecture Notes
in Computer Science No. 860, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994, pp. 51-58
Project data
Duration: 12/1992 - 2/1994.
Funding: co-funded by the European Commission within the ESPRIT-Programme.
Contact persons at FTB
- Dr.-Ing. Helmut Heck (head of FTB development centre)
email: hh@ftb-esv.de - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bühler (head of institute)
email: c.buehler@ftb-esv.de
Last Updated at Monday, 22 January 2007