Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Camera-Based Closed-Loop Fingertip Deflection Guidance: Pilot Demonstrations in Target Acquisition and Object Retrieval

  Tomasz P. Trzpit, Gregory Reardon, Elizabeth M. Gerber, Pedro Lopes, Michael A. Peshkin, J. Edward Colgate (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstracts poster from the Northwestern/University of Chicago team behind the NURing project presents a camera-enabled evolution of their fingertip-deflection guidance wearable. The authors argue that most eyes-free guidance sys…

  • haptics
  • wearable technology
  • assistive technology
  • blindness and low vision
  • eyes-free interaction
  • guidance
  • kinesthetic feedback
  • computer vision
  • fingertip deflection
  • object retrieval

• Laser pointers and a touch screen: intuitive interfaces for autonomous mobile manipulation for the motor impaired

  Young Sang Choi, Cressel D. Anderson, Jonathan D. Glass, Charles C. Kemp (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper presents El-E ("Ellie"), a prototype assistive mobile robot designed to help people with severe motor impairments retrieve everyday objects from the floor. The robot features a vertical lift with a 5-degree-of-freedom manipulator arm, ster…

  • assistive robotics
  • motor impairment
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • human-robot interaction
  • laser pointer interface
  • touch screen
  • mobile manipulation
  • object retrieval