Components that could build up a ideal Power-wheelchair

International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering

© 2015 by SSRG - IJECE Journal

Volume 2 Issue 11

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Samarjeet P Chavan and Vivek P Deodeshmukh

10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V2I11P104

How to Cite?

Samarjeet P Chavan and Vivek P Deodeshmukh, "Components that could build up a ideal Power-wheelchair," SSRG International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, vol. 2,  no. 11, pp. 15-20, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V2I11P104

Abstract:

should be a general purpose navigational assistant in environments that are accessible for the disabled (e.g., ramps and doorways of sufficient width to allow a wheelchair to pass). A reactive system is one that does not use maps for navigation. One of the advantages of reactive systems is that the users are not limited to one particular location by the need for maps or environment modifications. The target community for robotic system consists of people who are unable to drive a manual wheelchair. The users vary in ability and access methods. Some people can move a joystick, but are unable to make fine corrections to movement using the joystick. Other people are able to click one or more switches using their head or other body part. Some potential users are unable to control a powered wheelchair with any of the available access devices. The wide variety of user abilities in our target community requires that the system be adaptable for many types of access devices. While members of the target community have different abilities, we assume that all users will have some common qualities. We expect that any potential user can give high-level commands to the wheelchair through some access method and a customized user interface. We assume that the user of the wheelchair is able to see, although later versions of the system may be developed for the visually impaired. We also assume that a potential user has the cognitive ability to learn to how to operate the system and to continue to successfully operate the system once out of a training environment.

Keywords:

set, Access methods in a wheelchair.

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