Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility

This paper presents investigations into the development of modelling and control strategies for a multipurpose wheelchair as mobile transporter for elderly and disabled people. The research is aimed at helping people with physical weakness/disabilities in their upper and lower extremities to move in...

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Main Authors: Normaniha, Abd Ghani, Tokhi, M. O.
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Language:English
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Published: IOS Press 2016
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spelling ump-167112018-02-05T02:06:00Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/ Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility Normaniha, Abd Ghani Tokhi, M. O. TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper presents investigations into the development of modelling and control strategies for a multipurpose wheelchair as mobile transporter for elderly and disabled people. The research is aimed at helping people with physical weakness/disabilities in their upper and lower extremities to move independently without human intervention. A novel reconfiguration which allows multi-task operations in the same wheelchair system with improved design is modelled in Visual Nastran 4D (VN4D) software. A modular fuzzy logic control mechanism with integrated phases is introduced for the overall operations and two-wheeled stabilization of the wheelchair. It is shown that the proposed modular fuzzy control approach is able to ensure system stability while performing multipurpose tasks such as manoeuvrability on flat surfaces, stairs climbing (ascending and descending), standing in the upright position on two wheels and transformation back to standard four wheels with up to 50% less initial torque in comparison to previous designs. IOS Press 2016-09-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/1/Galley_Proof_article.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/7/fkee-2016-simulation1.pdf Normaniha, Abd Ghani and Tokhi, M. O. (2016) Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 23 (4). pp. 331-347. ISSN 1069-2509 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ICA-160526 doi: 10.3233/ICA-160526
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Normaniha, Abd Ghani
Tokhi, M. O.
Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility
description This paper presents investigations into the development of modelling and control strategies for a multipurpose wheelchair as mobile transporter for elderly and disabled people. The research is aimed at helping people with physical weakness/disabilities in their upper and lower extremities to move independently without human intervention. A novel reconfiguration which allows multi-task operations in the same wheelchair system with improved design is modelled in Visual Nastran 4D (VN4D) software. A modular fuzzy logic control mechanism with integrated phases is introduced for the overall operations and two-wheeled stabilization of the wheelchair. It is shown that the proposed modular fuzzy control approach is able to ensure system stability while performing multipurpose tasks such as manoeuvrability on flat surfaces, stairs climbing (ascending and descending), standing in the upright position on two wheels and transformation back to standard four wheels with up to 50% less initial torque in comparison to previous designs.
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author Normaniha, Abd Ghani
Tokhi, M. O.
author_facet Normaniha, Abd Ghani
Tokhi, M. O.
author_sort Normaniha, Abd Ghani
title Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility
title_short Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility
title_full Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility
title_fullStr Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility
title_full_unstemmed Simulation and Control of Multipurpose Wheelchair for Disabled/elderly Mobility
title_sort simulation and control of multipurpose wheelchair for disabled/elderly mobility
publisher IOS Press
publishDate 2016
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/1/Galley_Proof_article.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/16711/7/fkee-2016-simulation1.pdf
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