Bioinspired Electronic White Cane Implementation Based on a LIDAR, a Tri-Axial Accelerometer and a Tactile Belt

This work proposes the creation of a bioinspired electronic white cane for blind people using the whiskers principle for short-range navigation and exploration. Whiskers are coarse hairs of an animal's face that tells the animal that it has touched something using the nerves of the skin. In thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pallejà, Tomàs, Tresanchez, Marcel, Teixidó, Mercè, Palacin, Jordi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3231086/