Corridor Navigating Autonomous Wheelchair

This project “Corridor Navigating Autonomous Wheelchair” aims at providing corridor navigating capabilities to powered wheelchair using imaging and proximity sensors. The system analyses each frame of corridor captured by the image sensor mounted on wheelchair and generates appropriate guiding control signals to the motors of the wheelchair. The proximity sensors mounted on the device help in obstacle detection and collision avoidance and also aid in the locomotion. The system also contains manual control which can bypass the automatic controlling mechanism in case the automatic system fails or the user wishes to do so. The project consists of two versions, one with PC control and the other with FPGA control. The PC controlled version of the system has been successfully built and tested. Several simulation tests have been conducted for the FPGA version of the system.

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