Design, fabrication, and testing of a semi-autonomous wheelchair

• Main Authors: Karim, S., Que, B. D., Que, J. E., Reyes, L. P., Gan Lim, Laurence A., Bandala, Argel A., Vicerra, Ryan Rhay P., Dadios, Elmer P.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Wheelchairs—Design and construction; Wheelchairs—Automatic control; Remote control; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3626; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4628/type/native/viewcontent/HNICEM.2017.8269467
• Institution: De La Salle University

This research project presents a semi-autonomous wheelchair that will move and avoid obstacles autonomously while a remote control will be used to guide the wheelchair in its path to the user. The wheelchair is equipped with two DC motors, batteries, a transmitter-receiver pair (to relate to the rem...