Abstract: A system and method for accompanying a pedestrian user with an automated, remote vehicle that includes a vehicle control system including a propulsion subsystem that promotes motion of the vehicle and a steering subsystem that controls the direction of motion of the vehicle, a joint goniometer input device wearable by the user that measures an anatomical motion of the user, a communication system that communicates the input of the joint goniometer to the steering subsystem, and a pacing system that outputs a propulsion input that is dependent on the user.

Abstract: A haptic device for telerobotic surgery, including a base; a linkage system having first and second linkage members coupled to the base; a motor that provides a motor force; a transmission including first and second driving pulleys arranged such that their faces form an angle and their axes form a plane, first and second idler pulleys offset from the plane and arranged between the first and second driving pulleys such that their axes divide the angle between the first and second driving pulleys, and a cable that traverses the first and second driving pulleys and the set of idler pulleys and transfers the motor force to the linkage system; an end effector coupled to distal ends of the first and second linkage members and maneuverable relative to the base; and a controller that modulates the motor force to simulate a body part at a point portion of the end effector.