%0 Journal Article
%T A robotic intelligent wheelchair system based on obstacle avoidance and navigation functions
%J Journal of experimental and theoretical artificial intelligence
%D 2015
%A Alshraideh, Mohammed
%A Mahafzah, Basel A.
%A Al-Sharaeh, Saleh
%A Hawamdeh, Ziad M.
%V 27
%N 4
%P 471-482
%X Powered wheelchairs offer a means of independent mobility for older adults and patients who are unable to walk and cannot propel a manual wheelchair. One concern is these adults and patients are unable to drive a powered wheelchair safely or properly. Intelligent wheelchairs offer an approach to address this problem by self-controlling the movement and direction of the wheelchair without patients and older adult's intervention. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a robotic intelligent wheelchair system (RIWS) based on obstacle avoidance and navigation functions that allow patients to navigate to scheduled outpatient appointments in a hospital safely and accurately. Experimental results show that all scheduled destinations were successfully reached by our RIWS. 2014 Taylor and Francis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I 
%@ 0952-813X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0952813X.2014.971441