Sentences with phrase «operating a power wheelchair»
A paper published in the December 1999 IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering describes a NavChair Assistive Wheelchair Navigation System (pdf) developed at the time to reduce the «cognitive and physical requirements of operating a power wheelchair for people with wide ranging impairments that limit their access to powered mobility.»
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With modern communication aids, users of electric powered wheelchairs can operate a PC and cellphone without human assistance.
A team of researchers is now looking to translate that success to the medical field by building so - called «smart wheelchairs» with artificial intelligence that uses lasers, sensors and mapping software to operate and navigate powered chairs for riders who can not do so on their own.
Georgia Tech assistant professor Maysam Ghovanloo (left) points to a small magnet attached to graduate student Xueliang Huo's tongue that allows him to operate a computer mouse and powered wheelchair.