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Using virtual reality for an autonomous navigation with electric wheelchairs

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The aim of this paper is to present a new autonomous navigation learning tools for disabled people. The main constraints are the material cost, the sense of presence, the human machine interaction and the study of a new promising clue which can be combined with classic decisional information. Apart from the usual systems in clinical and rehabilitation center, we used virtual reality as well as a platform wheelchair to assess the navigation learning and ability in a known virtual environment.

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  • Handicap assistance
  • Simulation
  • Electric wheelchair
  • Man-Machine Interaction
  • Decision-making aid

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  1. HANDIBIO, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, La Garde, France

    I. Randria, P. Abellard, M. Ben Khelifa & A. Abellard

  2. Laboratoire SIG, ESPA, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    I. Randria & P. Ramanantsizehena

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  1. Inst. Biomedizinische Technik, Univ. Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Olaf Dössel

  2. Abt. Medizinische Physik in der Strahlentherapie, Deutsche Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang C. Schlegel

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Randria, I., Abellard, P., Ramanantsizehena, P., Khelifa, M.B., Abellard, A. (2009). Using virtual reality for an autonomous navigation with electric wheelchairs. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03889-1_59

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