Electric-powered wheelchairs as an assistive technology

Authors

Aidan O'Dwyer, Technological University DublinFollow
Malabika Basu, Technological University DublinFollow
Eugene Coyle, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

BEAI Spectrum, Spring, p. 17 (ISSN 2009-0714). http://www.beai.org/BEAISpectrumSpring2008.pdf

Abstract

This paper briefly outlines recent work done, particularly in control systems, for electric powered wheelchairs. These mobility aids, first developed in the 1950’s [1], were improved with the incorporation of microprocessors. The requirement for mobility aids in general is rising; for example, it is reckoned that 1.5% of the U.K. population require such aids. As an assistive technology, electric powered wheelchairs have many benefits. Nevertheless, a reliable and robust such wheelchair has still to evolve.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/bxec-6r37

Recommended Citation

O'Dwyer, Aidan and Basu, Malabika and Coyle, Eugene : Electric-powered wheelchairs as an assistive technology. BEAI Spectrum, Spring, p. 17 (ISSN 2009-0714). http://www.beai.org/BEAISpectrumSpring2008.pdf doi:10.21427/bxec-6r37