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Article
Robotics Based Autonomous Wheelchair Navigation
Author(s)
Anna Shafer, Michael Turney, Francisco Ruiz, Justin Mabon, Vamsi Paruchuri and Yu Sun
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DOI:10.17265/1548-7709/2016.07.001
Affiliation(s)
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR 72034, USA
ABSTRACT
The goal of this project
is the development of a robotic wheelchair system that
provides independent and autonomous navigational system in indoor environments,
which allows its user to drive independently, easily and efficiently. Navigating through a
large and complicated hospital can be difficult to most people, especially to
those elderly and/or disabled patients. To help patients more efficiently while
reducing the manpower, in this research, we have proposed and developed an
Autonomous Wheelchair Navigation Prototype with an Arduino robot for hospital
navigation. With a user-friend interface, the proposed prototype is able to
determine the optimal path to find locations accurately and can successfully
control robots’ movement during the navigation. Thus, it can remove the need to
learn the ins and outs of hospitals and improve the quality of life for its
users. Our prototype for this system has shown good preliminary results and is
looking towards a bright future.
KEYWORDS
Arduino, wheelchair, autonomous, navigation, robotics.
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