Energy Control System of Solar Powered Wheelchair

Abstract

Independence is a major concern for individuals with severe handicaps. Welfare assistance robotic technology is a popular solution to this concern (e.g. Hashino, 1996; Takahashi, Ogawa, and Machida, 2002 and 2008). Assistance robotic technologies offer potential alternatives to the need for human helpers. People bound to wheelchairs have limited mobility reliant on battery life, which only allows for short distance travel between charges. In addition, recharging batteries is time consuming.