Performance assessment of a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair control system

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-126

  Cooper, Rory A ^a,b   Corfman, Thomas A ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a,c   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b   Spaeth, Donald M ^a,b   Ammer, William ^a,c   Arva, Julianna ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain scheduling; Human machine interface; Power assist; Userinterface; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MOTORS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MANUAL CONTROL; MOTOR SCOOTERS; SCHEDULING; TORQUE CONTROL; USER INTERFACES; WHEELCHAIRS;

PUSHRIM-ACTIVATED POWER-ASSISTED WHEELCHAIRS (PAPAW);

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036210798     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.974345     Document Type: Article

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