Prototype for Managing the Wheelchair Movements by Accelerometry

This article describes the development stages and the obtained results in a design and testing of a wheelchair controlled by bi-axial accelerometers placed at the user head top. This proposed system has the primary goal to facilitate the handicapped persons locomotion who has only the head movement...

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Main Authors: Daniel Alves FUSCO, Alexandre BALBINOT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IFSA Publishing, S.L. 2011-03-01
Series:Sensors & Transducers
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Online Access:http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/march_2011/P_774.pdf