Robot Walker for Elderly People in Public Spaces
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/22/2015

Elderly people with walking difficulties are often intimidated by busy public
places. This led an EU research project to develop a robot walker to guide
them around shopping centers, museums and other public buildings, thus
enhancing their autonomy.

This led researchers on the DALi project to develop a robotic cognitive
walker (c-Walker) that can be taken to, or picked up at, the place to be
visited, gently guiding the person around the building safely. The device
takes corrective actions when the user comes across the type of busy area,
obstacle or incident they want to avoid.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/05/robot-walker-elderly-people-public-spaces
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/dali-robot-walker-elderly-people-public-spaces
http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2015/06/robot-walker-elderly-people-public-spaces

Links:
DALi Project
http://www.ict-dali.eu/dali/

Unicycle Steering by Brakes: A Passive Guidance Support for an Assistive Cart 
http://www.ict-dali.eu/dali/images/media/3_cdc2013_3.pdf

Networking robo-walker to improve social life of elderly
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/may/robotic-walker-for-elderly.cfm