Article history: Accepted 11 March 2016 Available online 9 April 2016 Three dimensional (3D)mapping of environments has gained tremendous attention, from academic to industry to military, owing to the ever increasing needs of environmental modeling as well as monitoring. While many highly effective techniques have been reported thus far, a few even turned into commercial products, none has expl...

In this paper, a tele-monitoring system is proposed, using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a shoe-type ground reaction force (GRF) sensor called a Smart Shoe to measure a patient's walking data, and transmitting the measured data via the Internet. In our previous work, a mobile gait-monitoring system was developed, which provided visual feedback based on GRFs measured by a Smart Shoe (us...

This letter evaluates the capabilities of a soft robotic pneumatic actuator derived from terrain display haptic device, “Smart Shoe.” The bladder design Smart Shoe is upgraded to include pressure supply and greater output flow capabilities. Forcing characteristics are identified incorporated as feedforward terms in sliding-mode tracking controller provide impedance control. A bench top setup cr...

This paper proposes a novel decision system for segregation of five normal gait phases (stance, heel-off, swing 1, swing 2 and heel-strike) by using a real-time wireless smart shoe. The classification method employed four force sensitive resistors to measure the force underneath a foot, together with an inertial measurement unit that is attached at the back of the shoe to determine the magnitud...

The paper describes algorithms required to enable the crowd sourcing of indoor building maps, i.e., where GPS is not available. Nevertheless to enable crowd sourcing we use the 3-axis accelerometers and the 3-axis magnetometers available in many smart phones and the piezometer in a Nike running shoe. Volunteers carry the sensors while walking around in buildings, and use some application on the...

Technology helps disabled people to get things done easier and in the case of visually impaired people, technology surely enables them communicate surrounding environment independently. The purpose this study is propose design smart walking shoe for that incorporated with multi sensors. main proposed guide a smarter way rather than using traditional method stick. be integrated components such a...