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A prototype power assist wheelchair that provides for obstacle detection and avoidance for those with visual impairments

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5

References

2005

Year

Richard C. Simpson, Edmund LoPresti, Steve Hayashi, Songfeng Guo, Dan Ding, William Ammer, Vinod Sharma, Rory A. Cooper

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Abstract

The prototype demonstrates the feasibility of providing navigation assistance to manual wheelchair users, but several shortcomings of the system were identified to be addressed in a second generation prototype.

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