Robots Assist Children in Controlling Wheelchairs
From: Physical Therapy Products - 09/01/2010

Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of
NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation describe the testing of a robotic
wheelchair being developed to help children learn to "drive."
ROLY—RObot-assisted Learning for Young drivers—was tested in a group of
children without disabilities and one child with cerebral palsy. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ptproductsonline.com/SOAPNotes/2010-09-01_06.asp

Links:
A robotic wheelchair trainer: design overview and a feasibility study
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/7/1/40

Laura Marchal-Crespo
http://www.sms.mavt.ethz.ch/people/directory/lmarchal

A simulator and assist-as-needed control strategy for learning to drive a
   power wheelchair 
http://balsells.eng.uci.edu/docs/MSthesis_LMarchal06.pdf

Robot Helps Kids Learn to Use Wheelchair
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1904367/robot_helps_kids_learn_to_use_wheelchair/index.html