Development of the Walking Assistant Robot for the Elderly

In this paper, we propose an architecture of walking assistant robot for the elderly which is usable at outdoor environment. It equips PXA255 embedded board, motors, laser range finder and GPS receiver. User operates it using smart handle bar. It is useful to the elderly for more comfortable walking and path guidance.

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