SMAD - A System for Multimodal Assistive Domotics

During the last decades there has been major growth in the application of technology for assisting persons with disabilities. The main goal is to alleviate their discomfort in a variety of tasks, mainly routine activities, by providing more self-sufficiency and reduce the dependency on external help. The use of common home accessories seems perfectly natural to most of people; nevertheless, it could require a lot of time and effort for individuals with motor disabilities. This book presents an assistive system called SMAD to control home devices from a robotic wheelchair through biological signals such as EMG and EEG. With a quick installation, devices such as lamp, television and fan can be operated without any modification. Experimental results show encouraging performance, representing a step toward actual self-sufficiency for motor impaired people.