Intelligent Control of Power Wheelchairs

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 423-431

  Cooper, Rory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCOMPUTERS; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL AND CONFIGURATION MODULE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; FAULT TOLERANT CONTROL; MOTOR CONTROL; POWER WHEELCHAIR SYSTEM; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL CONTROL; TUNEABLE CONTROLLERS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

BIOENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SELF HELP; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0029329279     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.395325     Document Type: Article

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