TY - GEN
T1 - A novel stair-climbing wheelchair with transformable wheeled four-bar linkages
AU - Sugahara, Yusuke
AU - Yonezawa, Naoaki
AU - Kosuge, Kazuhiro
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5648906
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5648906
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651501572
SN - 9781424466757
T3 - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 3333
EP - 3339
BT - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010
Y2 - 18 October 2010 through 22 October 2010
ER -