A touch-based wheelchair control interface: Concept and implementation

Ting Shuo Chen*, Yu Chen Kuo, Yao Sheng Syu, Chung Hsien Kuo

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a wTouch interface for controlling a human-centered intelligent wheelchair. The wTouch interface is a touch panel which performs similar joystick manipulations while it provides convenient wheelchair control interface, as well as offers useful wheelchair status. In addition, reactive navigation techniques are also developed by combining with the obstacle information to perform collision free navigations. The obstacle detection sensor uses a laser range finder and the reactive navigation uses the artificial potential field approach. Finally, a wTouch wheelchair prototype is produced in our laboratory for evaluating the performance of reactive navigations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechatronics and Applied Mechanics II
Pages1471-1474
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics, ICMAM 2012 - , Taiwan
Duration: 08 12 201209 12 2012

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume300-301
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics, ICMAM 2012
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
Period08/12/1209/12/12

Keywords

  • Interactive interface
  • Reactive navigations
  • Wheelchairs

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