IntellWheels - A development platform for intelligent wheelchairs for disabled people

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

braga, ram (Author) Other; petry, m (Author) Other; reis, lp (Author) FEUP; moreira, ap (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ICINCO 2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATICS IN CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS, VOL RA-2: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, VOL 2

Pages: 115-121

5th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

Funchal, PORTUGAL, MAY 11-15, 2008

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 18 Citations

Scopus - 30 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-Z0N

DOI: 10.1682/jrrd.2010.08.0139

Abstract (EN): Many people with disabilities find it difficult or even impossible to use traditional powered wheelchairs independently by manually controlling the devices. Intelligent wheelchairs are a very good solution to assist severely handicapped people who are unable to operate classical electrical wheelchair by themselves in their daily activities. This paper describes a development platform for intelligent wheelchairs called IntellWheels. The intelligent system developed may be added to commercial powered wheelchairs with minimal modifications in a very straightforward manner. The paper describes the concept and design of the platform and also the intelligent wheelchair prototype developed to validate the approach. Preliminary results concerning automatic movement of the IntellWheels prototype are also presented.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7