Concept and design of the intellwheels platform for developing intelligent wheelchairs

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

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

Conference proceedings International

Title: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Pages: 191-203

5th International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics, ICINCO 2008

Funchal, Madeira, 11 May 2008 through 15 May 2008

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-YF6

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00271-7_14

Abstract (EN): Many people with severe disabilities find it difficult or even impossible to use traditional powered wheelchairs independently by manually controlling these electrical 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, including the hardware and software, multimodal input interface and the intelligent wheelchair prototype developed to validate the approach. Preliminary results concerning automatic movement of the IntellWheels prototype are also described showing the autonomous movement capabilities of the prototype. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13