RESEARCH
PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS

MobileRobots Inc.
Independence-Enhancing Wheelchair (IEW)
NIH SBIR 2 R44 HD041781-02
PI: Dr. William P. Kennedy

MobileRobots Inc. is working in conjunction with Crotched Mountain Rehabiliatation Center, Greenfield, NH to build and test a wheelchair that can be operated successfully by anyone able to interface with a personal computer. Three customizable levels of autonomy will strive to provide assistance safely and on demand with redundant sensing envelopes backed by protective software layers.
IEW navigating doorway -- Download .mpg






SRI Primary Contractor / MobileRobots Inc. Subcontractor
Centibots 100-Robot Collaborative Reconnaissance
DARPA Software for Distributed Robotics Program
SRI's Aritificial Intelligence Center Centibots team employs 100 MobileRobots robots -- 20 Pioneer 3-AT's and 80 AmigoBots -- in collaborative systems for reconnaissance mapping . (Details)

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