The smart wheelchair component system

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 3 B, 2004, Pages 429-442

  Simpson, Richard ^a   LoPresti, Edmund ^b   Hayashi, Steve ^b   Nourbakhsh, Illah ^b   Miller, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Man machine systems; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MODIFICATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COGNITIVE SKILLS; SMART WHEELCHAIR COMPONENT SYSTEMS (SWCS); STANDARD POWER WHEELCHAIRS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SMART WHEELCHAIR COMPONENT SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 4644360674     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2003.03.0032     Document Type: Article

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