A brief survey of research in the development of autonomy in wheelchairs is presented and AAI’s R&D to build a series of intelligent autonomous wheelchairs is discussed. A standardized autonomy management system that can be installed on readily available power chairs which have been well-engineered over the years has been developed and tested. A behavior-based approach was used to establish suf...

The work described here is motivated by the necessities for safety and multi-functionality in rehabilitation robotics. The Bremen Autonomous Wheelchair will be presented as a platform for the realization of rehabilitation applications. This paper mainly focuses on safety issues. Thus, it presents the wheelchair's system architecture that contains a safety layer as its central module. Three appl...

Research in robotics is becoming an ever more applied science. Roboticists acknowledge the existence of a role for experiments in their research, but whether the results of such experiments provide useful information to the intended industry or profession remains somewhat ambiguous. In this paper, we particularly consider experiments relating to robotic wheelchairs. There are many prototype rob...

Wheelchairs are tools for humans who experience illness, disabilities, and injuries that cause walking difficulties. There many types of wheelchairs on the market, while function to help users defecate flexibly have not been widely sold in market. Therefore, it is necessary develop a flexible multifunctional wheelchair can assist carrying out their activities. This study aims design wheelchair....

Purpose: Active ageing is defined as the process of optimizing opportunities for physical, social and mental health to enable older people to actively take part in society without discrimination and to enjoy independence and good quality of life. The World Health Organization assumed this to be a process for increasing and maintaining an individual’s participation in activities to enhance his/h...

Objective: The main objective of the tests conducted was to analyze position variability human body’s center gravity during propelling wheelchair, and demonstrate properties enabling description this by means plane figures with a symmetry axis. A secondary show impact used manual propulsion type wheelchair inclination angle in relation on dimensions areas gravity. Method materials: Three patien...

1. Summary Sensor systems supporting autonomous navigation of mobile robots have been developed for different commercial application areas. These approaches have been transferred to electrical wheelchairs to assist disabled people in their mobility, by warning of obstacles in the way and by assisting in the navigation to return back home. The technical approach is based on a lowcost sensor data...