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| Resumo: | Intelligent wheelchairs can become an important solution to assist physically impaired individuals who find it difficult or impossible to drive regular powered wheelchairs. However, when designing the hardware architecture several projects compromise the user comfort and the wheelchair normal usability in order to solve robotic problems. In this paper we describe the main concepts regarding the design of the IntellWheels intelligent wheelchair. Our approach has a user-centered perspective, in which the needs and limitations of physically impaired users are given extensive attention at each stage of the design process. Finally, our design was evaluated through a public opinion assessment. A statistical analysis suggested that the design was effective to mitigate the visual and ergonomic impacts caused by the addition of sensorial and processing capabilities on the wheelchair |
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| Autores principais: | Petry, Marcelo R. |
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| Outros Autores: | Moreira, António Paulo; personFaria, Brígida Mónica; Reis, Luís Paulo |
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| Assunto: | Intelligent wheelchairs Ergonomic impacts |
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| Ano: | 2013 |
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| País: | Portugal |
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| Tipo de documento: | documento de conferência |
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| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
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| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
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| Idioma: | inglês |
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| Origem: | Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
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