Novel straight road driving control of power assisted wheelchair based on disturbance estimation of right and left wheels

IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Seki, Hirokazu ^a   Sugimoto, Takeaki ^a   Tadakuma, Susumu ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disturbance observer; Human machine cooperative control; Power assisted wheelchair; Straight road driving control; Support for aged people and disabled people

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; TORQUE;

DISTURBANCE OBSERVER; HUMAN-MACHINE COOPERATIVE CONTROL; POWER ASSISTED WHEELCHAIR; STRAIGHT ROAD DRIVING CONTROL; SUPPORT FOR AGED PEOPLE AND DISABLED PEOPLE;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33745642666     PISSN: 09136339     EISSN: 13488163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejias.126.764     Document Type: Article

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