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Prototyping potential control systems to assist complete quadriplegics

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posted on 2023-05-23, 07:12 authored by Lu, Y, Chen, Y
This paper discusses a versatile wheelchair control system of potential use to complete quadriplegics. This system employs plug-in components using a common control protocol between the distributed computers. Two headset plug-in units have been developed together with two prototype wheelchairs and an automatic shopping trolley. The trolley would be of most use to a paraplegic, but suggestions are made to show how this could potentially be developed to plug into the control system as a type of “personal assistant”. The system has been prototyped using language-independent commands so that it can potentially be used by quadriplegics speaking any of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. LEGO MindStorms NXT equipment has been used to prototype this system.

History

Publication title

Proceedings of the 5th Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON 2012)

Editors

S Airphaiboon and A Leelasantithum

Pagination

1-5

ISBN

978-1-4673-4891-1

Department/School

School of Information and Communication Technology

Publisher

IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Place of publication

Piscataway, NJ USA

Event title

5th Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON 2012)

Event Venue

UbonRatchathani, Thailand & Champasak, Laos

Date of Event (Start Date)

2012-12-05

Date of Event (End Date)

2012-12-07

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 IEEE

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified

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