Robotic wheelchair to guide elderly and visually impaired people

Author

Krishnan, Shyam Ravi Shanker

Author_Institution

Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

9-10 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

28

Abstract

This paper deal with the motion of the two-wheeled mobile robot (TWMR) from point to point, moving towards its destination. The motion of the four TWMR is simulated with object oriented simulation by using kinematic model of mobile robot. The TWMR follows the shortest path and reaches its destination with required intermediate points to visit in between. The shortest path taken by the TWMR is analyzed with an obstacle free environment and with static obstacles. Using ant algorithm the robot path planning is tested for two dimensional cases. The Mathematical model for optimization with ant algorithm, TWMR & Path tracking is analyzed by a C++ program.

Keywords

C++ language; handicapped aids; medical robotics; mobile robots; object-oriented programming; optimisation; path planning; robot kinematics; C++ program; ant algorithm; elderly guidance; mobile robot kinematics; object oriented simulation; optimization model; robot path planning; robotic wheelchair; two wheeled mobile robot; visually impaired guidance; Guidelines; Mathematical model; Mobile robots; Object oriented modeling; Path planning; Robot kinematics; Senior citizens; Testing; Wheelchairs; Wheels; Robots; ant algorithm; kinematic model; path planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, 2009. TePRA 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Woburn, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4991-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4992-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TEPRA.2009.5339648

Filename

5339648