World population prospects: The 2010 revision (2011) United Nations, D. o. E., & Social Affairs, P. D. http://esa.un.org/wpp/. Accessed 04 June 2013
Chernbumroong S, Cang S, Atkins A (2013) Elderly activities recognition and classification for applications in assisted living. Expert Syst Appl 40(5):1662–1674 Article Google Scholar
Martins MM, Santos CP, Frizera-Neto A, Ceres R (2012) Assistive mobility devices focusing on Smart Walkers: classification and review. Robot Auton Syst 60(4):548–562 Article Google Scholar
Jai Prakash Indira (1999) Ageing in India. World Health Organisation, Geneva Google Scholar
Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration and A Challenge (2012) United Nation Population Fund and Help Age International
van der Woude LHV, Hopman MTE, van Kemenade CH (1999) Biomedical aspects of manual wheelchair propulsion: the state of the art II. In: Assistive Technology Research Series. IOS Press, Amsterdam
Takahashi Y, Manabe G, Takahashi K, Hatakeyama T (2003) Simple self-transfer aid robotic system. In Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on robotics and automation, Taipai, Taiwan, September, pp 2305–2309
van der Woude LHV, de Groot Sonja, Janssen TWJ (2006) Manual wheelchairs: research and innovation in rehabilitation, sports, daily life and health. Med Eng Phys. 28(9):905–915 Article Google Scholar
Green G, Young J (2011) The provision for wheel chairs for older people in the United Kingdom. Eur Geriatr Med 2(1):52–55 Article Google Scholar
Winter AG, Bollini M et al. (2010) The leveraged freedom chair: a wheelchair designed for developing countries. In: Assistive technology research series, rehabilitation: mobility, exercise and sports, vol 26. IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp 54–56
Wakaumi H, Nakamura K, Matsumura T (1992) Development of an automated wheelchair guided by a magnetic ferrite marker lane. J Rehabil Res Dev 29(1):27–34 Article Google Scholar
Jullieri M, Bazin B. (1988) Video guiding of an industrial cart. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, AGVS-6, Brussels, Belgium. pp 171–178
Katevas NI, Sgouros NM, Tzafestas SG et al (1997) The autonomous mobile robot SENARIO: a sensor aided intelligent navigation system for powered wheelchair. IEEE Robot Autom Mag 4(4):60–70 Article Google Scholar
Bourhis G, Agostini Y (1998) The VAHM robotized wheelchair: system architecture and human–machine interaction. J Intell Robot Syst 22(1):39–50 Article Google Scholar
Yanco HA (1998) Wheelesley: a robotic wheelchair system: indoor navigation and user interface. In: Assistive technology and artificial intelligence. Springer, New York
Levine SP, Bell DA et al (1999) The NavChair assistive wheelchair navigation system. IEEE Trans Rehabil Eng 7(4):443–451 Article Google Scholar
Lankenau A, Rofer T (2002) Mobile robot self-localization in large-scale environments. In: Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on robot and automation, pp 1359–1364
Tomaria MRM, Kobayashi Y, Kuno Y (2012) Development of smart wheelchair system for a user with severe motor impairment. Procedia Eng 41:538–546 Google Scholar
Surmann Hartmut, Nüchter Andreas, Hertzberg Joachim (2003) An autonomous mobile robot with a 3D laser range finder for 3D exploration and digitalization of indoor environments. Robot Auton Syst 45(3–4):181–198 Article Google Scholar
Durrant-Whyte H, Baily T (2006) Simultaneous localization and mapping: part1. IEEE Robot Autom Mag, pp 99–108
Cheein FAA, De La Curz C et al (2010) SLAM-based cross-a-door solution approach for a robotic wheel chair. Int J Adv Robot Syst 7(2):155–164 Google Scholar
Yuki K, Elly T, Kobayashi Y, Kuno Y (2011) Situation-driven control of a robotic wheelchair to follow a caregiver. In: IEEE workshop on frontiers of computed vision, Korea, pp 1–6
Iwase T, Zhang R, Kuno Y (2006) Robotic wheelchair moving with the caregiver. In: Proceedings of SICE-ICASE international joint conference, pp 238–243
Alaa H, ur Réhman S, Li H, Anani A (2012) Active vision for controlling an electric wheelchair. Intel Serv Robotics 5(2):89–98 Google Scholar
Rokonuzzaman M, Ferdous SM et al (2012) Design of an autonomous mobile wheel chair for disabled using electrooculogram (EOG) signals. In: Mechatronics: recent technological and scientific advances, pp 41–53
Barea R, Boquete L et al (2002) Wheelchair guidance strategies using EOG. J Intell Robot Syst 34(3):279–299 Google Scholar
Lopes C, Pires G, Nunes U (2012) Assisted navigation for a brain-actuated intelligent wheelchair. Robot Auton Syst 61(3):245–258 Article Google Scholar
Perrin X et al (2010) Brain-coupled interaction for semi-autonomous navigation of an assistive robot. Robot Auton Syst 58(12):1246–1255 ArticleMathSciNet Google Scholar
Alamgir H, Li OW et al (2009) Evaluation of ceiling lifts: transfer time, patient comfort and staff perceptions. Injury 40(9):987–992 Article Google Scholar
Bostelman R, Albus J (2006) Survey of patient mobility and lift technologies: toward advancements and standards. Internal Report No:7384, Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Stein J (2009) Stroke and the family: a new guide. Harvard University Press, Harvard
Bell F (1984) Patient-lifting devices in hospitals. CUP Archive
Takahashi Y, Manabe G et al (2006) Basic study on self-transfer aid robotics. J Robotics Mech 18(1):4–10 Google Scholar
Carrera Isela, Moreno Héctor A et al (2011) ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot. Med Biol Eng Comput 49(10):1201–1211 Article Google Scholar
Mukai Toshiharu, Hirano Shinya, Nakashima Hiromichi, Sakaida Yuki, Guo Shijie (2011) Realization and safety measures of patient transfer by nursing-care assistant robot RIBA with tactile sensor. J Robotics Mech 23(3):360–369 Google Scholar
Mukai T, Onishi M, Odashima T, Hirano S, Luo ZW (2008) Development of the tactile sensor system of a human-interactive robot ‘RIMAN’. IEEE Trans Robotics 24(2):505–512 Article Google Scholar
Park K, Bien w, Lee J et al (2007) Robotic smart house to assist people with movement disabilities. Auton Robots J 22(2): 183–198
Jung J.-W, Do J.-H et al (2005) Advanced robotic residence for the elderly/the handicapped: realization and user evaluation. In: Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on rehabilitation robotics, Chicago, USA, pp 492–495
Bien ZZ, Lee H.-E et al (2008) Intelligent interaction for human-friendly service robot in smart home environment. Int J Comput Intell Syst 1(1):77–93 Google Scholar
Bostelman R, Albus J (2008) A Steward robot to help daily activities in a smart house environment. In: Proceedings of the 17th world congress of international federation of automatic control, Seoul, Korea, pp 11738–11743
Mori Y, Sakai N, Kaoru K (2012) Development of a wheelchair with a lifting function. Adv Mech Eng 2012:1–9
Bostelman Roger, Albus James (2008) obotic patient transfer and rehabilitation device for patient care facilities or the home. Adv Robotics 22(12):1287–1307 Article Google Scholar
Bostelman R, Albus J (2007) A multipurpose robotic wheelchair and rehabilitation device for the home. In: Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems, USA, pp 3348–3353
Bostelman R, Albus J (2008) Sensor experiments to facilitate robot use in assistive environment. In: Proceedings of international conference on pervasive technologies related to assistive environments, Athens, Greece
Ren CL, Chung TL, Kuo LS, Kuei CL (2005) Automatic docking and recharging system for autonomous security robot. In: Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems, pp 2953–2958
Juan W, Guifang Q, Jian G, Hongtao S, Guangming S (2012) Automatic battery swap system for home robots. Int J Adv Robot Syst 9
Tapus A, Tăpuş C, Matarić MJ (2008) User-robot personality matching and assistive robot behavior adaptation for post-stroke rehabilitation therapy. Intell Serv Robotics 1(2):169–183 Google Scholar