Conventional Joystick vs. Wiimote for Holonomic Wheelchair Control

  • Authors:

  • L. Duran;M. Fernandez-Carmona;C. Urdiales;J. M Peula;F. Sandoval

  • Affiliations:

  • Dpto. Tecnología Electrónica, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain;Dpto. Tecnología Electrónica, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain;Dpto. Tecnología Electrónica, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain;Dpto. Tecnología Electrónica, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain;Dpto. Tecnología Electrónica, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain

  • Venue:
  • IWANN '09 Proceedings of the 10th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks: Part I: Bio-Inspired Systems: Computational and Ambient Intelligence
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In nowadays aging society, power wheelchairs provide assistance for non-pedestrian mobility, but inside narrow indoor spaces, holonomic ones are required. While they adapt well to complex environments, it is harder to control them via a conventional joystick. Thus, extra buttons and/or knobs are included to decide what to do. To make control more intuitive, we propose to use a Wiimote for holonomic wheelchair control. Experiments in a narrow environment have been succesful and prove that Wiimote requires less interaction to achieve the same results that a conventional joystick. This has been reported to reduce mental workload and, hence, allow more relaxed interaction with the wheelchair.