Application of Myoelectric Potential for Personal Mobility Vehicles

Abstract

Recently, several types of compact personal mobility vehicles (PMVs) have been developed. This study proposes a new type of PMV that can be used as a transportation device, not only for disabled persons, but for the elderly as well. The proposed PMV uses biological signals as a reference value. Myoelectric potential, owing to its ability to reflect human intention with a high probability, was selected from the various types of bioinformation. In this study, we design and fabricate a PMV and consider a feasible utilization method for myoelectric potential.