Improving the mobility of severely disabled

Pertti Peussa; Ari Virtanen; Tiina Johansson

Improving the mobility of severely disabled

Pertti Peussa
, Ari Virtanen
, Tiina Johansson

Adaptation Training Centre for Disabled (ATA)

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Abstract

A modular mobility aid system is presented, which can be attached to most commercial electric wheelchairs to increase the independence and safety of the wheelchair user. The system consists of falling avoidance, obstacle avoidance, and beaconless navigation functions. Experiences from an evaluation period are presented. Also an idea is presented to combine map information to environmental perceptions in order to provide the wheelchair user a better awareness of his/her whereabouts. The navigation system can also be applied to different mobile robot applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies
Editors	Jan-Ingvar Lindström, David Rose, Paul M. Sharkey
Publisher	University of Reading
Pages	169-176
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7049-1141-3
Publication status	Published - 1998
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	2nd European Conference on disability, virtual Reality and Associated Technologies - Mount Billingen, Skövde, Sweden Duration: 10 Sept 1998 → 11 Sept 1998

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Conference	2nd European Conference on disability, virtual Reality and Associated Technologies
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Skövde
Period	10/09/98 → 11/09/98

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Peussa, P, Virtanen, A & Johansson, T 1998, Improving the mobility of severely disabled. in J-I Lindström, D Rose & PM Sharkey (eds), Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. University of Reading, pp. 169-176, 2nd European Conference on disability, virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Skövde, Sweden, 10/09/98. <http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.4504>

Improving the mobility of severely disabled. / Peussa, Pertti; Virtanen, Ari; Johansson, Tiina.
Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. ed. / Jan-Ingvar Lindström; David Rose; Paul M. Sharkey. University of Reading, 1998. p. 169-176.

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