Integrated motion control of a wheelchair in the longitudinal, lateral, and pitch directions

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1855-1862

  Oh, Sehoon ^a   Hata, Naoki ^b   Hori, Yoichi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D control; Disturbance observer; Impedance control; Phase plane; Power assist control; Power assist wheelchair; Tip over prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION CONTROL; WHEELCHAIRS;

DISTURBANCE ATTENUATION CONTROL; PUSH-RIM POWER-ASSIST WHEELCHAIR; TIP-OVER PREVENTION CONTROL;

INTEGRATED CONTROL;

EID: 42549099497     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.908533     Document Type: Article

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