Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
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Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol · Oct 2020
ReviewA review of computer vision for semi-autonomous control of assistive robotic manipulators (ARMs).
Purpose: The advances in artificial intelligence have started to reach a level where autonomous systems are becoming increasingly popular as a way to aid people in their everyday life. Such intelligent systems may especially be beneficially for people struggling to complete common everyday tasks, such as individuals with movement-related disabilities. The focus of this paper is hence to review recent work in using computer vision for semi-autonomous control of assistive robotic manipulators (ARMs). ⋯ Especially the ability to customize the semi-autonomous behaviour of the ARM is found to be important. Further research is needed to make the final move from the lab to the homes of the users. Most of the reviewed systems suffer from a rather fixed scheme for the semi-autonomous control and an inability to handle arbitrary objects.