Wayfinding and Navigation for People with Disabilities Using Social Navigation Networks

Wayfinding and Navigation for People with Disabilities Using Social Navigation Networks

To achieve safe and independent mobility, people usually depend on published information, prior experience, the knowledge of others, and/or technology to navigate unfamiliar outdoor and indoor environments. Today, due to advances in various technologies, wayfinding and navigation systems and services are commonplace and are accessible on desktop, laptop, and mobile devices. However, despite the...

Navigation Instruction Validation Tool and Indoor Wayfinding Training System for People with Disabilities

A Navigation Aid for Blind People with Walking Disabilities

Many blind people require travel aids to navigate in unknown environments. However, the majority of the corresponding devices are not designed for people with walking disabilities. In this paper, we present a smart walker that does not only provide walking assistance but also enables blind users with mobility impairment to avoid obstacles. By leveraging existing robotics technologies, our syste...

AmbienNet Ambient Intelligence Supporting Navigation for People with Disabilities

AmbienNet project aims to demonstrate the viability of navigation systems to assist users with and without disabilities supported by intelligent environments. In particular, people with sensorial, physical or cognitive disabilities can be highly benefited by the intelligent environments, whenever these satisfy their accessibility requirements. For that, diverse heterogeneous technologies at dif...

Algorithms for Reliable Navigation and Wayfinding

Wayfinding research has inspired several algorithms that compute the shortest, fastest, or even simplest paths between two locations. Current navigation systems, however, do not take into account the navigational complexity of certain intersections. A short route might involve a number of intersections that are difficult to navigate, because they offer more than one alternative to turn left or ...