A Virtual-Reality-based Evaluation Environment for Wheelchair-mounted Manipulators
Agostino De Santis, Giuseppe Di Gironimo, Adelaide Marzano, Bruno Siciliano, Andrea Tarallo · Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) · 2008
The design of solutions for robotic extenders of wheelchairs must take into account both objective and subjective metrics for everyday activities in human environments. Virtual Reality (VR) constitutes a useful tool to effectively test design ideas and to verify performance criteria. This paper presents the development of a simulation environment, where three different manipulators to be mounted on a commercially available wheelchair have been considered. Experimental results are discussed in a significant case study, based upon users' feedback.