@inproceedings{43a5d35dd1ce4bb8b25059d2914df76f,
title = "Comparison of different powered-wheelchair control modes for individuals with severe motor impairments",
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.",
keywords = "Tongue, Wheelchairs, Autonomous Wheelchair System, Shared Control, Navigation, Robot sensing systems, Control systems, Laser modes, Computers",
author = "Alfredo Chavez and H{\'e}ctor Caltenco and Vitezslav Beran",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-989-758-040-6",
volume = "02",
publisher = "IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "353--359",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics",
address = "United States",
note = "Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), 2014 11th International Conference on ; Conference date: 02-01-0001",
}