Researchers: Alan Cruz, Alan Verlo, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jonas Talandis, Maggie Rawlings, Muhammad Ali Khan, Ray Fang, Tom DeFanti

Funding: NSF, DoE

The goal of the AccessBot project is to provide a new form of access for the disabled that integrates teleconferencing with life-sized display screens, robotics and high speed networking, to create a virtual presence for the handicapped participant at meetings. The use of a life-sized display and high-fidelity video and audio conferencing rather than existing conference room meeting systems is to ensure that the handicapped participant commands as equal a presence as the regular participants in the meeting. The use of a zoom / pan / tilt camera empowers the handicapped participant with capabilities beyond what is “humanly” possible - giving them a “bionic” eye with which they can see far greater distances.

Email: spiff@evl.uic.edu

Date: May 1, 1998 - May 1, 2000

Related Entries

Directory:

• Javier Girado
• Alan Cruz
• Dana M. Plepys
• Muhammad Ali Khan
• Jason Leigh
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Events:

• Videoconferencing goes high-definition Long-distance meetings are being held using full-size images of people whose expressions and body language can be read
• Presentation by Sabrina Raaf

Papers:

• Electronic Visualization Laboratory’s 50th Anniversary Retrospective: Look to the Future, Build on the Past
• AGAVE : Access Grid Augmented Virtual Environment
• AccessBot: An Enabling Technology for Telepresence

Research:

• AGAVE (Access Grid Autostereo Virtual Environment)
• The Continuum Project
• Access Grid

Related Categories

• Devices
• Human Factors
• Networking