International Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (IJ-ICT)
Vol 7, No 2: August 2018

Smart Wheelchair: A Literature Review

Kedar Sukerkar (Department of Information Technology, Atharva College of Engineering)
Darshitkumar Suratwala (Department of Information Technology, Atharva College of Engineering)
Anil Saravade (Department of Information Technology, Atharva College of Engineering)
Jairaj Patil (Department of Information Technology, Atharva College of Engineering)
Rovina D’britto (Department of Information Technology, Atharva College of Engineering)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2018

Abstract

In today’s world there are many disabled persons who find it difficult to perform movements or perform daily activities. This types of persons are mainly dependent on others for their assistance. But they can become self-independent and perform some daily activities on their own with the help of assistive devices. The most widely used assistive devices are Wheelchairs. Wheelchairs is basically a chair fitted with wheels, which can help people move around who cannot walk because of illness, disability or injury. But there are many disabled people with weak limbs and joints who cannot move the wheelchair. Thus, Smart Wheelchair can benefit a lot to them and everyone in society. Smart Wheelchairs are electric powered wheelchairs with many extra components such as a computer and sensors which help the user or guardian accompanying wheelchair to handle it easily and efficiently. The recent development in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Sensor technologies and Robotics help the growth of wheelchairs with new features. This paper is to review the current state of art of Smart Wheelchairs and discuss the future research in this field.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJICT

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

International Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (IJ-ICT) is a common platform for publishing quality research paper as well as other intellectual outputs. This Journal is published by Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) whose aims is to promote the dissemination of ...