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John Bell

2 accepted papers

2022

Monitoring the Mental State of Cooperativeness for Guiding an Elderly Person in Sit-to-Stand Assistance

ICRA 2022poster

In providing physical assistance to elderly people, ensuring cooperative behavior from the elderly persons is a critical requirement. In sit-to-stand assistance, for example, an older adult must lean forward, so that the body mass can shift towards the feet before a caregiver starts lifting the body…

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2021

Gear Ratio Optimization of a Multifunctional Walker Robot Using Dual-Motor Actuation

IROS 2021poster

Optimization of gear ratios for dual-motor actuators is presented for the development of a walker-type assist robot. The robot is reconfigurable to provide an elderly user with multiple physical support functions; one is to assist sitto-stand transitions and the other is to serve as a walker to aid…

Cited by 4SourceScholar