TY - GEN
T1 - Development of power-assisted transport wheelchair
AU - Chi, Wei Kang
AU - Chang, Tse Yung
AU - Jheng, Ying Chun
AU - Tsai, Mei Wun
AU - Yu, Chung Huang
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Wheelchairs are one of the most common mobility aids for people who are not able to walk independently, which may result from aging, neurological or orthopedic diseases, accidents, and so on. As the problem of population aging is getting worse, the wheelchair users are increasing. However, not every person can operate the wheelchair by himself or herself instead relying on their caregivers. Yet the wheelchairs nowadays do not fully meet the caregivers' needs, and may cause difficulties in some circumstances such as ramps and may also harm the caregivers. From this point of view, we have proposed a transport wheelchair with a new algorithm to predict the caregiver's intention and follow them automatically. In this project, we discussing about a transport wheelchair following a caregiver by using a microcontroller, a laser rangefinder, and motor drivers to operate.
AB - Wheelchairs are one of the most common mobility aids for people who are not able to walk independently, which may result from aging, neurological or orthopedic diseases, accidents, and so on. As the problem of population aging is getting worse, the wheelchair users are increasing. However, not every person can operate the wheelchair by himself or herself instead relying on their caregivers. Yet the wheelchairs nowadays do not fully meet the caregivers' needs, and may cause difficulties in some circumstances such as ramps and may also harm the caregivers. From this point of view, we have proposed a transport wheelchair with a new algorithm to predict the caregiver's intention and follow them automatically. In this project, we discussing about a transport wheelchair following a caregiver by using a microcontroller, a laser rangefinder, and motor drivers to operate.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Automatic following
KW - Caregiver
KW - Intelligent wheelchair
KW - Power-assisted
KW - Robotic wheelchair
KW - Transport
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889035363&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-893
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-893
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84889035363
SN - 9781614993032
T3 - Assistive Technology Research Series
SP - 893
EP - 898
BT - Assistive Technology
A2 - Encarnacao, Pedro
A2 - Azevedo, Luis
A2 - Gelderblom, Gert Jan
A2 - Newell, Alan
A2 - Mathiassen, Niels-Erik
ER -
