The purpose of the project is to assist users with different levels of disabilities to control a semi-autonomous wheelchair. A semi-autonomous wheelchair developed by RIVeR Lab is able to perform assistive control to avoid obstacles and cliffs and to follow walls. With a joystick control adapter, the basic joystick of the wheelchair can take commands directly from computers. In addition to joystick mechanical adapter control, human-machine interaction and control methods such as voice and electromyography (EMG) are deployed, with the aim of enabling people with different levels and types of disabilities to control the wheelchair. These non-physical motion based user control interfaces allow people with limited mobility to control the wheelchair with a desired accuracy.

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Creator

• Da Vitoria, Gilmar Bento
• Gao, Runzi
• Li, Ran

Contributeurs

• Sinyukov, Dmitry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-013014-131838

Advisor

• Padir, Taskin

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• National Science Foundation

Date created

• 2014-01-30

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright