Intelligent Control and HCI for a Powered Wheelchair Using a Simple Expert System and Ultrasonic Sensors

Sanders, David; Haddad, Malik; Omoarebun, Peter; Ikwan, Favour; Chiverton, John; Zhou, Shikun; Rogers, Ian; Vatchova, Boriana

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-55190-2_42

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“…The analysis of the literature sources related to SPW, reveal significant activity during the last 20 years. Many SPW research projects resulted in identification of certain problems, connected with the convenience of usage and spheres for improvement [5,8,7,11,12,14,15,16,21,22].…”

Section: Smart Power Wheelchair As a Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO) 15% of the world population suffer from a disability and from 2% to 4% experience considerable problems in practice. Global assessments of the disability increase with the ageing of the world population and improvement of the assessment process and disability measurement [9,14].…”

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Smart Power Wheelchair: Problems and Challenges of Product Approach

Ageyev

Yarovyi

2021

IAPGOS

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This paper focuses on intelligent assistant for power wheelchair (PW) usage in home conditions. Especially in the context of PW intelligent assistant as a consumer product. The main problematic aspects and challenges of smart PW in real application are noted. The approach to formation of system requirements and their classification is offered. The research results proposed and implemented in the ongoing Mobilis project for smart PW. Further prospects of research and development are noted. Also, it is stated that the implementation of smart PW technology opens possibilities to effective integration with new control methods (including brain-computer interfaces).

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Section: Smart Power Wheelchair As a Solutionmentioning

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Smart Power Wheelchair: Problems and Challenges of Product Approach

Ageyev

Yarovyi

2021

IAPGOS

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“…Advantages of self-mobility using powered wheelchairs include enhanced self esteem [8], pain reduction [9], and increases in social participation and activity [10][11][12][13]. But using a powered wheelchair is difficult for some disabled people, Drivers have reported being scared to drive within crowded spaces [14] and clinicians have reported that various people cannot use powered wheelchairs safely because of cognitive, motor and visual deficits [15][16][17]. Smart powered wheelchairs can provide support and can be useful for disabled people who have difficulty using, or cannot use a wheelchair at all.…”

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“…Many of the wheelchair systems are not available outside of research laboratories and have never moved beyond the development phase but wheelchairs developed at the University of Portsmouth are successfully in use and the research in this paper is proposed for them. The wheelchairs are providing assistance to people with severe cognitive, sensory or motor limitations [17][18][19][20].…”

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Route Optimization using Forecasting, Wheelchair Modelling and Path Planning

Sanders

Tewkesbury

Haddad

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2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC)

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In routing systems, the capability to generate reliable safe routes depends on the integration of a path optimization algorithm with dynamics and models. In this work, a system based on a novel route optimization algorithm is considered. The sensitivity of the lowest energy solutions is analyzed considering different simplified wheelchair models. The aim is to implement a system for routing wheelchairs around obstacles so that more people can safely drive powered wheelchairs. Powered wheelchairs can positively impact participation, activity, wellbeing, pain and self-esteem. Systems described here can allowing more autonomous or collaborative driving, and enhance mobility of disabled individuals finding it difficult to use standard powered wheelchairs. The work included a small qualitative exploratory study that exposed three topics: (a) "situations that might benefit from path planning and obstacle avoidance; (b) "optimism concerning the use of technological systems on powered wheelchairs"; (c) "characteristics of disabled users that could benefit from using a powered wheelchair". Findings indicated that the systems presented in this paper could help to overcome some of the difficulties in using powered wheelchairs.

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“…For example, a wheelchair that can assist the elderly, including the elderly with disabilities and the elderly with semidisabilities, has been designed to meet the needs of patients [1]- [4]. The adopted technology has the wheelchair to automatically [5]- [7] move in a safe position, and sensor signals are used to make driving easier [8], [9]. These technologies enable efficient wheelchairs to move in crowded places [10].…”

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Automatically Moving Robot Intended for the Elderly with Voice Control

Piyaneeranart

Ketcham

2021

Int. J. Onl. Eng.

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This research aims at an automatically moving robot intended for the elderly with voice control using voice recognition that gives a direction to the robot by a voice command. The development of this robot employed an algorithm that converts voice to text to control the robot mobility. The performance testing of the automatically moving robot intended for the elderly with Thai language voice commands revealed an accuracy of voice-to-text conversion for commanding the robot to move in designated directions of 100 percent, and the accuracy of voice-to-text conversion for commanding the robot to move in designated directions using English language was 80 percent, while that for both Thai and English commands was 70 percent. Errors in voice-to-text conversion occurred when commands were not clearly spoken or pronounced or when commands were issued from people located in a very noisy place.

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Intelligent Control and HCI for a Powered Wheelchair Using a Simple Expert System and Ultrasonic Sensors

Cited by 6 publications

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Smart Power Wheelchair: Problems and Challenges of Product Approach

Smart Power Wheelchair: Problems and Challenges of Product Approach

Route Optimization using Forecasting, Wheelchair Modelling and Path Planning

Automatically Moving Robot Intended for the Elderly with Voice Control

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