TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a new modality-independent interface for a robotic wheelchair
AU - Bastos-Filho, Teodiano Freire
AU - Cheein, Fernando Auat
AU - Torres Muller, Sandra Mara
AU - Celeste, Wanderley Cardoso
AU - De La Cruz, Celso
AU - Cavalieri, Daniel Cruz
AU - Sarcinelli-Filho, Mario
AU - Amaral, Paulo Faria Santos
AU - Perez, Elisa
AU - Soria, Carlos Miguel
AU - Carelli, Ricardo
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - This work presents the development of a robotic wheelchair that can be commanded by users in a supervised way or by a fully automatic unsupervised navigation system. It provides flexibility to choose different modalities to command the wheelchair, in addition to be suitable for people with different levels of disabilities. Users can command the wheelchair based on their eye blinks, eye movements, head movements, by sip-and-puff and through brain signals. The wheelchair can also operate like an auto-guided vehicle, following metallic tapes, or in an autonomous way. The system is provided with an easy to use and flexible graphical user interface onboard a personal digital assistant, which is used to allow users to choose commands to be sent to the robotic wheelchair. Several experiments were carried out with people with disabilities, and the results validate the developed system as an assistive tool for people with distinct levels of disability.
AB - This work presents the development of a robotic wheelchair that can be commanded by users in a supervised way or by a fully automatic unsupervised navigation system. It provides flexibility to choose different modalities to command the wheelchair, in addition to be suitable for people with different levels of disabilities. Users can command the wheelchair based on their eye blinks, eye movements, head movements, by sip-and-puff and through brain signals. The wheelchair can also operate like an auto-guided vehicle, following metallic tapes, or in an autonomous way. The system is provided with an easy to use and flexible graphical user interface onboard a personal digital assistant, which is used to allow users to choose commands to be sent to the robotic wheelchair. Several experiments were carried out with people with disabilities, and the results validate the developed system as an assistive tool for people with distinct levels of disability.
KW - Assistive devices
KW - assistive technology
KW - biomedical transducers
KW - service robots
KW - wheelchairs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900418017&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2265237
DO - 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2265237
M3 - Article
C2 - 23744700
AN - SCOPUS:84900418017
SN - 1534-4320
VL - 22
SP - 567
EP - 584
JO - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
JF - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
IS - 3
ER -