A novel stair-climbing wheelchair with transformable wheeled four-bar linkages

This paper describes the development of a novel multi-wheel stair-climbing wheelchair. The necessity for mobility aid technology for elderly and handicapped people that has "minimal invasiveness for use in an historical environment" is described. With this goal in mind, a prototype of a no...

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Published in2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems pp. 3333 - 3339
Main Authors Sugahara, Y, Yonezawa, N, Kosuge, K
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2010
Subjects
Buildings
Couplings
Gears
Hip
Joints
Wheelchairs
Wheels
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ISBN9781424466740
1424466741
ISSN2153-0858
DOI10.1109/IROS.2010.5648906

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Summary:This paper describes the development of a novel multi-wheel stair-climbing wheelchair. The necessity for mobility aid technology for elderly and handicapped people that has "minimal invasiveness for use in an historical environment" is described. With this goal in mind, a prototype of a novel wheelchair having a stair-climbing function resulting from transformable wheeled four-bar linkages is proposed. The mechanical design, principle of operation and statics of the proposed mechanism are thoroughly illustrated. The basic performance of the proposed mechanism has been confirmed through experimental results.
ISBN:9781424466740
1424466741
ISSN:2153-0858
DOI:10.1109/IROS.2010.5648906