Intelligent Wheelchairs... "Lehigh University researchers are working on a 'smart wheelchair' with artificial intelligence which can navigate on its own using lasers, sensors and mapping software without the need for human guidance or remote control. The technology has the potential to serve as a person's feet, hands and eyes and thus restore his/her ability to interact with environment.
Using a five-year, 480,000-dollar National Science Foundation grant received in June, lead author John Spletzer, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, and his colleagues have developed a prototype chair designed specifically for negotiating sidewalks, parking lots and other outdoor areas."
GR: some students will recognize John Spletzer as the speaker that a group of us heard last year at Millersville University.
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