An Embedded Control System for Intelligent Wheelchair

Author

Lu, Tao ; Yuan, Kui ; Zhu, Haibing ; Hu, Huosheng

Author_Institution

Inst. of Autom., Beijing

fYear

2006

Firstpage

5036

Lastpage

5039

Abstract

Due to recent advancement of AI and robotics technology, the research of intelligent wheelchair (iWheelChair) begins to draw attention from both scientific community and industry. WheelChair is a kind of home welfare tools and can help the handicapped and elderly people to gain mobility and lead to independent life. This paper describes a newly developed intelligent wheelchair. The controller of the iWheelChair adopts the advanced DSP technology, and plays the role of data acquisition and processing of joystick and ultrasonic sensors. 8 ultrasonic sensors are mounted on WheelChair and can detect the environment changes for safe operation. Experiments are presented to show that iWheelChair is able to avoid obstacles safely while controlled by its user via the joystick

Keywords

data acquisition; digital signal processing chips; geriatrics; handicapped aids; intelligent robots; interactive devices; medical robotics; ultrasonic transducers; AI; DSP technology; data acquisition; data processing; elderly people; embedded control system; handicapped; home welfare tools; iWheelChair; intelligent wheelchair; joystick; robotics; ultrasonic sensors; Artificial intelligence; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Intelligent control; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Mobile robots; Service robots; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615607

Filename

1615607