Prof. Weidong Chen

Schedule

July 9th,2016

Topic

Improving Safety and Autonomy of intelligent Wheelchair in Dynamic Environments

Abstract

Intelligent wheelchair is a typical mobility assistive robot designed to assist a user with a physical disability or cognitive impairments. Intelligent wheelchairs are interacting closely with humans and performing navigation tasks in human environments with unpredictable changes, the autonomy and safety issues are more essential for these complex and challenging situations. In this talk, I will introduce our recent work on intelligent wheelchair with emphasis on autonomy and human-safety in the aspects of mapping, localization, navigation and human-robot interaction. The prototype systems of intelligent wheelchair developed in our lab, as well as experimental studies in real and dynamic environments will be presented for illustrating our methodologies and applications.

Resume

• Dr. Weidong Chen has been at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 1996 where he is currently Head and Professor of the Department of Automation, and Director of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Processing.
• He is the founder of the Autonomous Robot Laboratory.
• His current research interests include autonomous robotics, assistive robotics and medical robotics.