Title :
A description of the SENA robotic wheelchair
Author :
Gonzalez, Jose ; Muaeoz, A.J. ; Galindo, Cipriano ; Fernandez-Madrigal, J.A. ; Blanco, J.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng. & Autom., Malaga Univ.
Abstract :
This paper describes a robotic wheelchair called SENA. It is based on a commercial powered wheelchair which has been endowed with several sensors and devices managed by an onboard laptop. The sensorial system of SENA entails a proximity laser scanner, a ring of infrared sensors, a camera mounted on a pan&tilt unit, and two rotating sonars. SENA is a long-term project aimed to cover the requirements needed to perform in daily indoor environments. Some experiences of the use of our robotic wheelchair are also described at the end of the paper
Keywords :
cameras; handicapped aids; image sensors; mobile robots; optical scanners; sonar; SENA robotic wheelchair; commercial powered wheelchair; infrared sensors; onboard laptop; pan&tilt unit; proximity laser scanner; rotating sonars; sensorial system; Cameras; Energy management; Infrared sensors; Mobile robots; Portable computers; Power system management; Ring lasers; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2006. MELECON 2006. IEEE Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Malaga
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0087-2
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2006.1653132
