Kalevi Hyyppä
Professor Emeritus
Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Enginee
Lulea University of Technology
Sweden
Biography
I am employed as a Professor at Luleå University of Technology. The course I am presently responsible for is: E7014E Electronics II My research area is: optoelectronics, mechatronics and autonomous mobile robots. My thesis was on a navigation system for mobile robots. The navigation system is today the worldwide market leader for Automatically Guided Vehicles. The product name is LazerWay and Danaher Motion produces it.
Research Interest
Optoelectronics, mechatronics and autonomous mobile robots
Publications
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Ahlmark, D. I., Deventer, J. van, & Hyyppä, K. (2014). Hand-held navigation aid for visually impaired using haptic feedback. Presented at the Medicinteknikdagarna 2014 : 14/10/2014 - 16/10/2014. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-37212
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Ahlmark, D. I., & Hyyppä, K. (2015). Presentation of Spatial Information in Navigation Aids for the Visually Impaired. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 9(3), 174–181. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAT-10-2014-0025
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Ahlmark, D. I., Prellwitz, M., Röding, J., Nyberg, L., & Hyyppä, K. (2015). An Initial Field Trial of a Haptic Navigation System for Persons with a Visual Impairment. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 9(4), 199–206. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAT-01-2015-0002
