Adaptation of powered wheelchairs for quadriplegic patients with reduced strength

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1104-1107

  Urbano, Margarida ^a   Fonseca, José ^a   Nunes, Urbano ^b   Figueiredo, Luís ^c   Lopes, Arminda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c InstPolit Guarda

^d Tocha ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE ARCHITECTURES; ITS EVALUATIONS; OPERATION MODELS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; POWERED WHEELCHAIRS;

FACTORY AUTOMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 56349088826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2008.4638535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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