Wayfinding Assistance via Mobile Robotics for People with Vision Impairments

This project is funded by an Illinois Campus Research Research Support Award to develop mobile robots to assist with wayfinding and navigation tasks for people with vision disabilities.  The goal is to make innovations in navigation, guidance, and coupled human-robot interaction to enable individuals with visual impairments to navigate in unknown spaces.  This interdisciplinary team […]

Stretch Robot Research & Development

Our team is currently performing research and development with Hello Robot’s Stretch robot in the McKechnie Family LIFE Home. We are performing task analyses, developing novel end-effectors, and testing the control interface. In addition, our team recently received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute on Aging (National Institutes of […]