Enhancing navigation and obstacle avoidance with a vibrotactile device as secondary electronic travel aid.

People with visual impairments commonly rely on the use of a white cane to navigate and avoid obstacles. Although this analog tool is highly reliable and easy to use, its drawback is the impossibility to anticipate obstacles beyond reach and routes, as well as obstacles above waist level. Electronic...

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Published in:Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 1140 - 1151
Main Authors: de Paz, Carlos, Huertas, Juan Antonio, Ibáñez-Gijón, Jorge, Martín-Gonzalo, Juan Andrés, Varas, Ana Belén, Travieso, David
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2025
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