A smart wheelchair (SW) is a power wheelchair (PW) to which computers, sensors, and
assistive technology are attached. In the past decade, there has been little effort to provide a …

Several studies have shown that tx) th children and adults benefit substantially from access
to a means of independent mobility. While the needs of many individuals with disabilities …

While brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) can provide communication to people who are
locked-in, they suffer from a very low information transfer rate. Further, using a BCI requires …

As per the report presented by the World Health Organization, it is well aware that 15% of
the total world's population is physically challenged. Accessibility of health care services is …

A Survey of Disabled Persons by NSSO (2011) reported that Disability is an important public
health problem in India. The wheelchair is topmost used assistive devices for enhancing the …

The paper discusses the potential of assistive service robots to support disabled and elderly
people. It shows that they have considerable untapped potential in this area, but also that …

Autonomously controlled intelligent wheelchair is an electric wheelchair system that can
reach a desired position by finding paths without any need for user intervention. Pathfinding …

This paper describes a control hierarchy to drive a wheelchair using an interface with
asynchronous and very low information transfer rate signal. Path guiding assistance allows …

Describes the development of an automatically guided powered wheelchair for individuals
with severe disabilities. The navigation and control of the wheelchair is based the accurate …

Persons with mobility impairments have a lower quality of life, being affected at physical,
psychological, social and financial level. More than a half of wheelchair users have difficulty …