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Early experience in the use of the ‘Handy 1’ robotic aid to eating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Mike Topping
Mike Topping
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering & Medical Physics, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST55BG (UK)
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More than 50 ‘Handy 1’ robotic aids are now in use that enable some handicapped people to feed themselveswithout assistance from a carer. The benefits of thisdevice include much greater control of the eating process by the user as well as the development of eating skills. The article describes the genesis of this device and its subsequent development and early evaluation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , November 1993 , pp. 525 - 527
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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