Title :
Development of all directional powered wheelchair
Author :
Masuzawa, Toru ; Nakajima, Yoshiki ; Ikeda, Hinata ; Ikeda, Hinata ; Minami, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Osaka City Univ., Osaka
Abstract :
It is an important issue to develop an easy and high-performance powered wheelchair for the growing population of elderly people. In this research, a new method of all directional powered wheelchair (PWC) has been designed. The PWC consists of three motors to drive and to change the orientation of the wheels. The function and an experimental model are shown.
Keywords :
electric motors; electric vehicles; handicapped aids; motor drives; wheelchairs; all directional powered wheelchair; motors; wheel orientation; Assembly; Batteries; Power engineering and energy; Production; Propulsion; Senior citizens; User interfaces; Vehicles; Wheelchairs; Wheels; all directional; battery driven; man-machine interface; powered wheelchair;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2008. VPPC '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1848-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1849-7
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2008.4677734
