3A1-I07 Development of electric wheelchair driving support system intended to functional safety using adaptive learning(Robotics with Safety and Reliability)

Abstract

Recent years, Japan is facing a "Super Aging Society". The various types of electric wheelchairs are developed and offered commercially for old people and/or disabled people. However, wheelchair-related accidents have increased in each year. In this research, we pay attention to the electric wheelchair driving support. We look at the functional safety of the electric wheelchair. Based on intrinsically-safe electric wheelchair, we add driving support system to increase functional safety. The driving support system processes the environmental information sensor data including the 3D laser Range scanner and biological monitoring sensor data including electrooculogram, and assists avoidance of dangerous objects.