RT Journal Article
T1 Tactile Sensor-Based Steering as a Substitute of the Attendant Joystick in Powered Wheelchairs
A1 Trujillo-León, Andrés
A1 Bachta, Wael
A1 Vidal-Verdú, Fernando
K1 Tecnología de la rehabilitación
AB Attendant joysticks of powered wheelchairs are devices oriented to help caregivers. Diseases and disabilities such as dementia, spinal cord injuries or blindness make the user unable to drive the chair by his or her own. However, this device is not intuitive to use, especially for old people. Proper processing of the information provided by two tactile sensors in the handlebar achieves control signals that allow an easy and intuitive driving. This is done in this paper, where the performance of this approach is evaluated in comparison with that of the joystick by means of objective measurements as well as questionnaires to obtain the subjective perception of the participants in the experiments. The results show a better performance of the handlebar in terms of error in following a trajectory, collisions with the surrounding furniture, and user feeling related to ease of use, comfort, required training, usefulness, safety, and fatigue.
PB IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32869
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32869
LA eng
NO A. Trujillo-León, W. Bachta and F. Vidal-Verdú, "Tactile Sensor-Based Steering as a Substitute of the Attendant Joystick in Powered Wheelchairs," in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1381-1390, July 2018, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2018.2838326
NO TEC2015-67642-R, ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026