Design and realization of a mobile wheelchair robot for all terrains

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 739-760

  Chen, Chun Ta ^a   Feng, Chieh Chuan ^b   Hsieh, Yu An ^c  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dual footing mode; Epicyclic gear train; Incline; Mobile wheelchair robot; Staircase

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; GEARS; KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); UNIVERSAL JOINTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

DUAL FOOTING MODE; EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN; INCLINE; MOBILE WHEELCHAIR ROBOT; STAIRCASE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0142091565     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855303322395181     Document Type: Article

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