Power assist system for omni-directional transport wheelchair using fuzzy reasoning

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-130

  Kitagawa, Hideo ^a   Terashima, Kazuhiko ^b   Miyoshi, Takanori ^b   Urbano, Juan ^b   Nishisaka, Susumu ^b  

^a GIFU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FUZZY CONTROL; MOTION CONTROL; WHEELCHAIRS;

COORDINATE SYSTEM; FUZZY REASONING; OMNI-DIRECTION WHEELCHAIRS (OMW); POWER ASSIST SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 17744389654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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