Wheelchair assisted with laser range finder
Cheol U. Kang, Hongbo Wang, Takakazu Ishimatsu, Tsumoru Ochiai · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1995
The paper presents a wheel chair system with the capability of self-localization and obstacle avoidance. Firstly, the approaches of landmark recognition and the self-localization of the wheel chair are described. Then, the principal of the obstacle avoidance using a laser range finder is described. Subsequently, the total system of the wheel chair is introduced. Finally, a navigation experiment is given. Experimental results indicate the effectiveness of our system.