The following everyday, household objects are ranked based on interviews with 25 ALS patients from the Emory ALS Center. We asked the participants to provide relative importance of retrieval of each object by a robot. Although the objects list was validated by population of ALS patients and focused on object retrieval, we hope the object lists provide a common set of practical objects for evaluating wider manipulation and grasp strategies.
The object list in this web page is based on the latest data collected until February 2009. For previous object lists, please refer following resources:
| rank | image | orientation | name | procurement |
| 1 |  |
– |
TV Remote
|
Amazon.com |
| 2 |  |
– |
Medicine Pill
|
See #4 (Medicine Bottle) |
| 3 |  |
– |
Cordless Phone
|
Amazon.com |
| 4 |  |
– |
Medicine Bottle
|
Amazon.com |
| 5 |   |
– |
Fork
|
PlasticMetal, Amazon.com |
| 6 |  |
– |
Glasses
|
Amazon.com |
| 7 |  |
– |
Toothbrush
|
Local Convenience Store |
| 8 | |
– |
Spoon
|
See #5 (fork) |
| 9 |  |
– |
Cell Phone
|
Amazon.com |
| 10 |  |
– |
Toothpaste
|
Local Convenient Store |
| 11 |  |
– |
Book
|
Amazon.com |
| 12 |  |
– |
Hand Towel
|
Amazon.com |
| 13 |  |
– |
Mail
|
Amazon.com |
| 14 |   |
– |
Cup / Mug
|
PlasticCeramic, Amazon.com |
| 15 |  |
– |
Soap
|
Local Convenient Store |
| 16 |  |
– |
Disposable Bottle
|
Amazon.com |
| 17 |  |
– |
Shoe / Sandal
|
Amazon.com |
| 18 |  |
– |
Bowl
|
Amazon.com |
| 19 |  |
– |
Keys
|
Amazon.com |
| 20 |  |
– |
Dish Plate
|
Amazon.com |
| 21 |  |
– |
Pen / Pencil
|
Amazon.com |
| 22 | |
– |
Table Knife
|
See #5 (fork) |
| 23 |  |
– |
Credit Card
|
Local Convenience Store |
| 24 |  |
– |
Medicine Box
|
Amazon.com |
| 25 |  |
– |
Bill
|
N/A |
| 26 |  |
– |
Straw
|
Amazon.com |
| 27 |  |
– |
Magazine
|
Local Convenience Store |
| 28 |  |
– |
Plastic Container
|
Amazon.com |
| 29 |  |
– |
Newspaper
|
Local Convenience Store |
| 30 |  |
– |
Non-Disposable Bottle
|
Amazon.com |
| 31 |  |
– |
Pants
|
Amazon.com |
| 32 |  |
– |
Shirt
|
Amazon.com |
| 33 |  |
– |
Wallet
|
Amazon.com |
| 34 |  |
– |
Small Pillow
|
Amazon.com |
| 35 |  |
– |
Socks
|
Amazon.com |
| 36 |  |
– |
Hairbrush
|
Amazon.com |
| 37 |  |
– |
Can
|
Local Convenience Store |
| 38 |  |
– |
Coin
|
Local Convenience Store |
| 39 |  |
– |
Walking Cane
|
Amazon.com |
| 40 |  |
– |
Wrist Watch
|
Amazon.com |
| 41 |  |
– |
Scissors
|
Amazon.com |
| 42 |  |
– |
Purse
|
Amazon.com |
| 43 |  |
– |
Lighter
|
Amazon.com |
Publications
- A List of Household Objects for Robotic Retrieval Prioritized by People with ALS, Young Sang Choi, Travis Deyle, and Charles C. Kemp, arXiv.org, 0902.2186v1, 2009
- A List of Household Objects for Robotic Retrieval Prioritized by People with ALS, Young Sang Choi, Travis Deyle, Tiffany L. Chen, Jonathan D. Glass, and Charles C. Kemp, International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2009