PMID- 11321007 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010809 LR - 20151119 IS - 0748-7711 (Print) IS - 0748-7711 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 6 DP - 2000 Nov-Dec TI - User involvement in the design and evaluation of a smart mobility aid. PG - 709-23 AB - This paper describes the design and evaluation of an innovative smart mobility aid for the frail visually impaired. The Personal Adaptive Mobility AID (PAM-AID) was developed to address the difficulties in personal mobility of the frail and elderly visually impaired. The paper provides an overview of the PAM-AID research at Trinity College and describes the evolutionary nature of the design process. Because there were no existing systems to guide its development, a series of prototypes was constructed and they were regularly evaluated in the field. This approach views potential users as vital contributing members of the design team and led to rapid and hopefully useful improvements in the design. FAU - Lacey, G AU - Lacey G AD - Trinity College, Department of Computer Science, Dublin, Ireland. gerard.lacey@vartry.com FAU - MacNamara, S AU - MacNamara S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Rehabil Res Dev JT - Journal of rehabilitation research and development JID - 8410047 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Equipment Design/*methods MH - Frail Elderly MH - Humans MH - *Locomotion MH - Robotics/*instrumentation/methods MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Visually Impaired Persons/*rehabilitation EDAT- 2001/04/26 10:00 MHDA- 2001/08/10 10:01 CRDT- 2001/04/26 10:00 PHST- 2001/04/26 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/08/10 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/04/26 10:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - J Rehabil Res Dev. 2000 Nov-Dec;37(6):709-23.