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SWALKIT: A generic augmented walker kit to provide haptic feedback navigation assistance to people with both visual and motor impairments

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Feedback solutions are a privileged form of assistance in order to increase mobility and independence of people with both motor and visual impairments. Indeed, it empowers the ability of the person to make decisions and take actions based on the provided information. Moreover, it maintains the use of the walker, and thus the residual locomotor skills. We here propose the SWALKIT, an open-source, costefficient, lightweight, easy to install and generic augmented walker kit. The SWALKIT can be equipped on any walker without requiring modifications of the structure or advanced technical knowledge. Vibrotactile feedback is provided through the handles to indicate the proximity of obstacles on the way of the user. The open source project is reproducible thanks to the online repository https://github.com/IH2A/Swalkit. In this paper, we present the design of the SWALKIT based on a usercentered approach following target users and therapists guidelines. Then, we present a technical validation study performed with 14 able-bodied blindfolded participants on a cardboard circuit. They were asked to use a standard walker with and without activation of the SWALKIT system. Results of this pilot study showed the efficiency and reliability of the proposed solution. Finally, we provide feedback after 2 months of daily life use by a target user.
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hal-03709659 , version 1 (30-06-2022)

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Fabien Grzeskowiak, Louise Devigne, François Pasteau, Gustavo Souza Vieira Dutra, Marie Babel, et al.. SWALKIT: A generic augmented walker kit to provide haptic feedback navigation assistance to people with both visual and motor impairments. IEEE Int. Conf. on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR'22, Jul 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands. pp.1-6. ⟨hal-03709659⟩
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