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Vision-Based Object Manipulation For Activities Of Daily Living (Adl) Assistance Using Assistive Robot, Md Tanzil Shahria

Theses and Dissertations

Upper and lower extremity (ULE) functional deficiencies, which limit a person's ability to perform everyday tasks, have increased at an alarming rate over the past few decades. It is essential for individuals with impairments to take care of themselves without requiring a significant amount of support from other individuals. Few assistive devices are available in the market to make their life comfortable, yet controlling them sometimes becomes challenging for this group of people. Robotic devices are emerging as assistive devices to assist individuals with limited ULE functionalities in activities of daily living (ADL). As most of these devices only allow …