Eye Blink Controlled Low Cost Smart Wheel Chair Aiding Disabled People

This paper presents developing Alber principle for machine supporting wheelchair in climbing stairs. The designed machine can support wheelchair and disabled people with total weight 80 kg climb up and down most of stairs and with speed 10-15 stairs per minute. Moving wheelchair and disabled people need assistant person who will hold handle and control the machine. The machine is designed with a simple structure, manufactured with low cost and simple controlling. Therefore the machine can be upgraded and manufactured in future.

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Handy Wheel Chair to help Disabled People Get into the Car

Proceedings of the 2015 International Symposium on Material, Energy and Environment Engineering ◽

10.2991/ism3e-15.2015.141 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Tianqi Zhang ◽

Weilong Xu ◽

Shafiqul Md. Islam ◽

Xing Wu ◽

Sharon Kao Walter

Keyword(s):

Disabled People ◽

Wheel Chair

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Snappy Wheelchair: An IoT-Based Flex Controlled Robotic Wheel Chair for Disabled People

Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (ICTCS 2020) - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ◽

10.1007/978-981-16-0882-7_71 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 803-812

Author(s):

Tajim Md. Niamat Ullah Akhund ◽

Gunjon Roy ◽

Animesh Adhikary ◽

Md. Ashraful Alam ◽

Nishat Tasnim Newaz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Disabled People ◽

Wheel Chair

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Low-Cost Smart Home Using Sensor Fusion and Autonomous Wheel Chair: Caring Lonely Elders Specially in India

Communication and Intelligent Systems - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ◽

10.1007/978-981-15-3325-9_35 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 447-461

Author(s):

Shatadal Ghosh ◽

C. Manikanta ◽

Ashis Mondal ◽

S. P. Pathak ◽

M. Bagchi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sensor Fusion ◽

Smart Home ◽

Low Cost ◽

Wheel Chair

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Wheelchair Postural Support Solutions for Low-Income Countries

Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications ◽

10.1518/106480408x393356 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 4-28

Author(s):

Ray Mines

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Low Cost ◽

International Organization ◽

Low Income Countries ◽

Disabled People ◽

Full Participation ◽

Rehabilitation Facilities ◽

Basic Services ◽

Trained Staff ◽

Postural Support

An estimated 80% of the world's disabled people live in low-income countries. The majority of them are poor and do not have access to basic services, including rehabilitation facilities. Motivation is an international organization working in low-income countries to improve opportunities for disabled people by positively influencing their physical, social, and economic situations to enable their full participation in society. Providing good-quality, low-cost, ergonomic wheelchairs in low-income countries is extremely challenging. These complex issues are best addressed by establishing comprehensive services with trained staff and a range of innovative product solutions.

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