Electric-Powered Wheelchairs

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 22-34

  Ding, Dan ^a   Cooper, Rory A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SYSTEM STABILITY; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRACTION (FRICTION); TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELCHAIRS; SUSPENSION CONTROL; TRACTION CONTROL; WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 17844377607     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2005.1411382     Document Type: Article

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