Title :
Joy stick operation speed of intelligent robotic wheelchair
Author :
Takahashi, Yoshihiko ; Takagi, Hirofumi
Author_Institution :
Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi
Abstract :
People bound to wheelchairs require assistance maneuvering over steps encountered when moving about roadways and walkways. We propose an intelligent robotic wheelchair which enables a wheelchair bound person to climb steps without third-party assistance. By using this proposed mechanism, a user may maintain inverse pendulum control while raising the front wheels of the wheelchair, then moving forward to the step maintaining the inverse pendulum control, and finally, climbing over the step using a DC motor force from the rear wheel shafts. We propose a joystick controller in this document to investigate improved wheelchair maneuverability and facilitated human interface. This paper presents the experimental results of the joystick operation speed dependant on LED panel instructions.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; intelligent robots; medical robotics; mobile robots; nonlinear control systems; pendulums; DC motor force; assistance maneuvering; intelligent robotic wheelchair; inverse pendulum control; joy stick operation speed; rear wheel shafts; roadways; walkways; wheelchair bound person; wheelchair maneuverability; DC motors; Force control; Humans; Intelligent robots; Light emitting diodes; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Velocity measurement; Wheelchairs; Wheels; Wheelchair user; intelligent robot; joy stick speed; maneuverability;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation and Systems, 2007. ICCAS '07. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-89-950038-6-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-950038-6-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAS.2007.4406832