ROS Based Voice-Control Navigation of Intelligent Wheelchair

Abstract:

Compared with the traditional electric-powered wheelchair, people are paying more attention on intelligent wheelchair. While the traditional intelligent wheelchair relays on separate designed control system, it is not good for general use. In that case, ROS provides an easy to use framework for rapid system development so that the researchers can develop various software packages to meet their needs, and we can also call each other packages without considering the compatibility problems. In this paper, we present a ROS (Robot Operating System) based intelligent wheelchair with the function of voice-control navigation. Compared with the traditional navigation, the voice-control navigation is more human. Obviously, ROS increases the versatility of system and reduces the cost. In order to prove the advancement and feasibility of this developed system, some experimental results are given in the paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 733)
• Pages: 740-744
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.733.740
• Online since: February 2015
• Authors: Yi Zhang, Shi Chuan Xu
• Keywords: Intelligent Wheelchair, Laser Scanner, Robot Operating System, Voice-Control Navigation

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