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motorized wheelchair

Known as: electric wheelchairs, electric wheelchair, power wheelchair 
A powered wheelchair is a battery-operated device with wheels that is intended for medical purposes to provide mobility to persons restricted to a… 
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2015
2015
Design and Fabrication of a Voice Controlled Wheelchair for Physically Disabled People
Many disabled people usually depend on others in their daily life especially in moving from one place to another. For the… 
2012
2012
Autonomous Wheelchair: Concept and Exploration
This paper is part of a larger project with as goal the construction of an autonomous wheelchair. We implemented some existing… 
2011
2011
Direct yaw moment control of front drive type electric wheelchair with free-casters
Electrical wheelchair has been used as a convenient transport device for elderly and handicapped persons. Recently, front drive… 
2009
2009
Dynamic control of an electrical wheelchair on an incline
Safe mobility of the disabled is one of the major reasons for the study of electric powered wheelchairs. To achieve absolute… 
2007
2007
The Future of Wheelchairs : Intelligent Collision Avoidance and Navigation Assistance
The Future of Wheelchairs: Intelligent Collision Avoidance and Navigation Assistance Pooja Viswanathan, BMath, MSc Candidate… 
2007
2007
Improving skid-steering on a 6x6 all-terrain vehicle: A preliminary experimental study
  • J.-C. FaurouxP. VaslinG. Lami
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 17536347
1— 6x6 all-terrain vehicles without a steering system must use great power when skid-steering. In order to increase steering… 
2006
2006
Building and Evaluating an Intelligent Wheelchair
Smart wheelchairs that can detect and avoid obstacles have been developed with the goal of serving as mobility aids for persons… 
2002
2002
A BEHAVIOR BASED FUZZY CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR PATH TRACKING AND OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE
This paper presents an improvement to the Reactive Shared-Control System (Pires and Nunes, 2002) in development at the ISR… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
EVALUATION OF THE HEPHAESTUS SMART WHEELCHAIR SYSTEM
Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire, craftsmen and smiths was the only Olympian with a disability. Hephaestus was injured when his… 
1987
1987
An adaptable optimal controller for electric wheelchairs.
A microcomputer-based optimal control system for electric wheelchairs is presented. As the weight of a wheelchair is generally…