Simpson Richard C, Poirot Daniel, Baxter Francie
Texas Robotics and Automation Center, Houston 77058, USA.
IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2002 Jun;10(2):118-22. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2002.1031980.
The Hephaestus Smart Wheelchair System is envisioned as a series of components that clinicians and wheelchair manufacturers will be able to attach to standard power wheelchairs to convert them into "smart wheelchairs." A prototype of the system has been developed and mounted on an Everest and Jennings Lancer2000 wheelchair. The prototype bases its navigation assistance behavior on the behavior developed for the NavChair Assistive Wheelchair Navigation System, but the underlying hardware and software are being designed to facilitate commercialization. This paper describes our design goals for the Hephaestus system and discusses the current status of the system prototype as well as plans for future work.
赫菲斯托斯智能轮椅系统被设想为一系列组件,临床医生和轮椅制造商可以将这些组件连接到标准电动轮椅上,将其转变为“智能轮椅”。该系统的一个原型已经开发出来,并安装在一辆珠峰与詹宁斯Lancer2000轮椅上。该原型的导航辅助行为基于为NavChair辅助轮椅导航系统开发的行为,但底层硬件和软件的设计旨在促进商业化。本文描述了我们对赫菲斯托斯系统的设计目标,并讨论了系统原型的当前状态以及未来工作的计划。