Beyond adaptation: Getting smarter with assistive technology

UQ RoboRoos 2004: Getting Smarter

This paper describes the University of Queensland’s robot soccer team, the RoboRoos, that placed second at RoboCup 2003. This paper describes the mechanical systems, including the omni-directional drive system, the crossbow kicker and the dribbling mechanism, and briefly describes the electrical and electronic systems. The paper explains the new software systems of the RoboRoos, which were the ...

Drug delivery systems in urology--getting "smarter".

Assistive Technology: Use and Service Delivery

As individuals with long-term disabilities and other older adults face declines in health and function, there is a greater need for assistive technology (AT) or assistive devices and environmental interventions (EI) to help them maintain their independence and community participation. These aids can help older adults and individuals with disabilities function in work, home, recreational, and ot...

“ Living rooms getting smarter with multimodal and multichannel signal processing

Nobody can predict with 100% accuracy what the future will bring for us, so we won't pretend we have all of the answers. However, we do know that technology use in the living room is closely related to the future of the Internet, affecting how we consume media, how we communicate with friends, how we play games, and how we shop. In this context, it is a given fact that platforms that bring the ...

Assistive technology for children with disabilities.

Through The Rehabilitation Act, the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (The Tech Act), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the federal government broadened the states' roles in increasing awareness and accessibility of assistive technology (AT) devices and services to children with disabi...