Force sensing control for electric powered wheelchairs

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 112-117

  Cooper, Rory A ^a,b   Widman, Lana M ^c   Jones, Daniel K ^a,d   Robertson, Rick N ^e   Ster III, James F ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; WHEELCHAIRS;

ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELCHAIR; FORCE SENSING CONTROL; HUMAN MACHINE CONTROL; JOYSTICK;

THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033888851     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.817696     Document Type: Article

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