A rule-based expert system to decide on direction and speed of a powered wheelchair

DA Sanders, A Gegov, M Haddad, F Ikwan… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2019 - Springer
Some rule based techniques are presented that can assist powered wheelchair drivers. The
expert system decides on the direction and speed of their wheelchair. The system tends to …

Using self-reliance factors to decide how to share control between human powered wheelchair drivers and ultrasonic sensors

DA Sanders - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A shared-control scheme for a powered wheelchair is presented. The wheelchair can be
operated by a wheelchair driver using a joystick, or directed by a sensor system, or control …

Combining multiple criteria decision making with vector manipulation to decide on the direction for a powered wheelchair

M Haddad, D Sanders, A Gegov, M Hassan… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
The application of the Weighed Aggregated Sum Product ASsessment (WASPAS) method to
suggest a direction for a powered wheelchair is described. The method considers five …

Rule-based system to assist a tele-operator with driving a mobile robot

DA Sanders, HM Sanders, A Gegov, D Ndzi - Proceedings of SAI Intelligent …, 2016 - Springer
Simple real time AI techniques are presented that support tele-operated mobile robot
operators when they are steering. They permit a tele-operator to be included in the steering …

Sharing driving between a vehicle driver and a sensor system using trust-factors to set control gains

DA Sanders, A Gegov, GE Tewkesbury… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2019 - Springer
This paper presents a method to share the control of a vehicle between a driver and
sensors. The vehicle can be driven by a driver, or the sensors can drive the vehicle, or …

Using a simple expert system to assist a powered wheelchair user

D Sanders, O Okono, M Langner, M Hassan… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
A simple expert system is described that helps wheelchair users to drive their wheelchairs.
The expert system takes data in from sensors and a joystick, identifies obstacles and then …

Initial results from using Preference Ranking Organization METHods for Enrichment of Evaluations to help steer a powered wheelchair

M Haddad, D Sanders, G Tewkesbury, A Gegov… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
Research is presented that uses PROMETHEE II to determine a direction for a powered
wheelchair. This is the only time that PROMETHEE II has been employed for this sort of use …

Tele-operator performance and their perception of system time lags when completing mobile robot tasks

DA Sanders, M Langner, A Gegov… - … on Human System …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effects of motion lag on the capability of a tele-operated mobile-robot operator are
investigated. Lags can occur through communication delays as tele-operated mobile robots …

Improving human-machine interaction for a powered wheelchair driver by using variable-switches and sensors that reduce wheelchair-veer

D Sanders, M Langner, N Bausch, Y Huang… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
The integration of proportional switches for human-computer interaction and sensors with
veer correction systems are presented. The transducers and sensors improve control, assist …

Knowledge-based expert system using a set of rules to assist a tele-operated mobile robot

DA Sanders, A Gegov, D Ndzi - … : Extended and Selected Results from the …, 2018 - Springer
This paper firstly reviews five artificial intelligence tools that might be useful in hel** tele-
operators to drive mobile robots: knowledge-based systems (including rule based systems …