A safe communication system for wheelchair-mounted medical robots

Author

Davies, Brian ; Hibberd, Roger

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

Volume

6

Issue

5

fYear

1995

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

221

Abstract

When a powered medical manipulator is added to a motorised electric wheelchair, the result is a system which can be safety critical for the user. When a number of other systems, such as environmental controllers, displays and navigation systems are incorporated into the overall systems, the complexity of control can further affect safety. The solution to these problems has resulted in the development of a new safe communication system for wheelchair mounted manipulator systems called Multiple-Master, Multiple-Slave (M3S). The work has been carried out as part of a consortium funded by the European TIDE programme.<>

Keywords

biomedical equipment; computerised control; manipulators; medical computing; safety-critical software; M3S; Multiple-Master Multiple-Slave; control complexity; environmental controllers; motorised electric wheelchair; navigation systems; powered medical manipulator; safe communication system; safety critical; wheelchair mounted manipulator systems; wheelchair mounted medical robots; wheelchair-mounted medical robots; Biomedical computing; Biomedical equipment; Digital control; Manipulators; Software safety;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing & Control Engineering Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0956-3385

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/cce:19950503

Filename

471308