Review of Autonomous Wheelchair Control Mechanism
Ravi Kant Parashar2016
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Abstract
Intelligent Wheelchair (IW) interface is used for providing more convenient and efficient interface to the people with disability. Robotic wheelchairs extend the capabilities of traditional powered devices by introducing control and navigational intelligence. The paper presents an exhaustive literature review in robotic wheelchair control mechanism. The main theme is to control the wheelchair according to signals from the input source. The paper presents different control mechanisms, their advantages, limitations, strengths, weaknesses as a preliminary review.
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