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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Increasing robotic wheelchair safety with collaborative control: Evidence from secondary task experiments
— Powered wheelchairs play a vital role in bringing independence to the severely mobility–impaired. Our robotic wheelchair aims to assist users in driving safely, without under...
Tom Carlson, Yiannis Demiris
COGSCI
2008
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14 years 20 days ago
Working Memory in Wayfinding - A Dual Task Experiment in a Virtual City
This study examines the working memory systems involved in human wayfinding. In the learning phase 24 participants learned two routes in a novel photorealistic virtual environment...
Tobias Meilinger, Markus Knauff, Heinrich H. B&uum...
BCSHCI
2007
14 years 2 months ago
An empirical investigation into dual-task trade-offs while driving and dialing
Engaging in a secondary task, such as dialing a cell phone, while driving a car has been found to have a deleterious effect on driver performance. A point often overlooked though ...
Duncan P. Brumby, Dario D. Salvucci, Andrew Howes
CHI
2003
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Developing a car gesture interface for use as a secondary task
Existing gesture-interface research has centered on controlling the user’s primary task. This paper explores the use of gestures to control secondary tasks while user is focused...
Micah Alpern, Katie Minardo