• DocumentCode
    330380
  • Title

    How to transform a powered wheelchair in a robotic aid for motor-disabled

  • Author

    Fioretti, S. ; Leo, T. ; Longhi, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettronica e Autom., Ancona Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1-4 Sep 1998
  • Firstpage
    222
  • Abstract
    We focus on the navigation and guidance system of a powered wheelchair. The introduction of this system allows the autonomy and security of motor-disabled people to be increased. The design of the navigation system has taken into consideration criteria of usability, acceptability, efficiency and cost. We have developed a navigation module with different levels of autonomy which realizes an active interaction of the user with the robotic aid. The integration of the input-output devices in the assistive system has been developed with the standard M3S protocol
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; mobile robots; path planning; robot kinematics; user interfaces; acceptability; active interaction; efficiency; guidance system; input-output devices; motor-disabled; navigation; powered wheelchair; robotic aid; standard M3S protocol; usability; Costs; Mobile robots; Navigation; Power system security; Protocols; Rehabilitation robotics; Robotics and automation; Tides; Usability; Wheelchairs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Applications, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Trieste
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4104-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCA.1998.728370
  • Filename
    728370