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Comparison of different powered-wheelchair control modes for individuals with severe motor impairments

Chavez, Alfredo ; Caltenco, Héctor LU orcid and Beran, Vitezslav (2014) Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), 2014 11th International Conference on 02. p.353-359
Abstract
This paper presents the preliminary evaluation of different powered-wheelchair control modes for individuals with severe motor impediments. To this end, a C400 Permobil wheelchair has been updated with a control command communication interface and equipped with a scanning laser sensor to carry out the automation algorithms that are part of the robot operating system framework. A pilot test was performed with three different modalities; hand-joystick mode, tongue-joystick mode and autonomous mode. The results of the tests have proven the feasibility of using a power wheelchair either autonomously or controlled by users interchangeably in order to continue the development towards a better user/wheelchair shared-control paradigm.
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Tongue, Wheelchairs, Autonomous Wheelchair System, Shared Control, Navigation, Robot sensing systems, Control systems, Laser modes, Computers
host publication
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
volume
02
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353 - 359
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), 2014 11th International Conference on
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0001-01-02
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  • scopus:84910076985
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978-989-758-040-6
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English
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  abstract     = {{This paper presents the preliminary evaluation of different powered-wheelchair control modes for individuals with severe motor impediments. To this end, a C400 Permobil wheelchair has been updated with a control command communication interface and equipped with a scanning laser sensor to carry out the automation algorithms that are part of the robot operating system framework. A pilot test was performed with three different modalities; hand-joystick mode, tongue-joystick mode and autonomous mode. The results of the tests have proven the feasibility of using a power wheelchair either autonomously or controlled by users interchangeably in order to continue the development towards a better user/wheelchair shared-control paradigm.}},
  author       = {{Chavez, Alfredo and Caltenco, Héctor and Beran, Vitezslav}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics}},
  isbn         = {{978-989-758-040-6}},
  keywords     = {{Tongue; Wheelchairs; Autonomous Wheelchair System; Shared Control; Navigation; Robot sensing systems; Control systems; Laser modes; Computers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{353--359}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Comparison of different powered-wheelchair control modes for individuals with severe motor impairments}},
  volume       = {{02}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}