DocumentCode
2543549
Title
Assisted navigation for a powered wheelchair
Author
Bourhis, G. ; Moumen, K. ; Pino, P. ; Rohmer, S. ; Pruski, A.
Author_Institution
Lab. d´´Autom. et d´´Electron. Ind., Metz Univ., France
fYear
1993
fDate
17-20 Oct 1993
Firstpage
553
Abstract
The VAHM project aims to improve the control of powered wheelchairs by adding possibilities of autonomous mobility. The disabled person may indicate the goal to be reached, may alter the already undertaken trajectory or stop the mobile in case of emergency. A hybrid software architecture to achieve this is proposed. The possibilities offered by such a system are described from an example of application
Keywords
Application software; Costs; Industrial control; Large Hadron Collider; Manipulators; Mobile robots; Navigation; Robot sensing systems; Software architecture; Wheelchairs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location
Le Touquet
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0911-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSMC.1993.385072
Filename
385072
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