Title :
Distributed intelligence to control a stair-climbing wheelchair
Author :
Wiesspeiner, G. ; Windischbacher, E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Graz Univ. of Technol., Austria
Abstract :
At the Institute of Biomedical Engineering a legged climbing robot, called the GS2, has been developed that enables a fully grown adult to be lifted over any common step or staircase. As complete automatic control is one of the key features for this mobile robot, a new multi-microcomputer concept, based on a CAN-Bus Network was developed for this application. With this new concept a new robot system is being built, called the GS3
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; biocontrol; handicapped aids; legged locomotion; microcomputer applications; CAN-Bus Network; GS2; GS3; Institute of Biomedical Engineering; distributed intelligence; fully grown adult; legged climbing robot; multimicrocomputer concept; stair-climbing wheelchair control; step; Automatic control; Control systems; Distributed control; Intelligent control; Leg; Legged locomotion; Machine vision; Microcomputers; Velocity control; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579627
