Evaluation of control system in slope environment of the power-assisted wheelchair for hemiplegic patients

Abstract

In recent years, the number of disabled people in Japan is increasing. There is life support equipment as equipment to help the handicapped. In recent years, power assist device has attracted for the purpose of improving ADL (Active of Daily Living) and QOL (Quality of Life) in life support equipment. There is power-assisted wheelchair as devices of practical realization. We have focused on the hemiplegic patients, and we develop the drive control system of power-assisted wheelchair for hemiplegic patients. This study proposes development of drive control system on slope environment for power-assisted wheelchair for hemiplegic patients. This paper builds and evaluates a control system as a study of suppressing system of the acceleration and shed phenomenon in slope environment.