International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Engineering Research (IJETER)
Volume 6, Issue 3, March (2018) www.ijeter.everscience.org
ISSN: 2454-6410 ©EverScience Publications 162
Artificial Intelligence Based Wireless Smart
Wheelchair
Avinash Kumar Singh
UG, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, A.K.T.U, Luck now, India.
Mohit Gaharwar
Associate Professor, Electronics and Communication, S.I.T , Mathura, India.
Abstract – Statistics suggests that there are 15,000 new cases of
quadriplegia every year in USA. Great people like Stephen
Hawking and Max Brito have been suffering from this crippling
phenomenon. Our project is an attempt to make lives of the people
suffering from this disability easier and simpler. By simpler we
mean self-reliant, self-independent which will thereby restore
their confidence and bring back their happiness.
The main idea is to implement an artificial intelligence based
wireless smart wheelchair which allows movement of the patient’s
wheelchair depending on the eye movements. The patient sitting
on the wheel chair assembly can move in three directions i.e. left,
right and straight just by looking directly at the camera. In
addition to that the wheel chair will also be able to detect the
barriers or obstacles coming on the way with the help of ultrasonic
sensors. The real time camera signals are monitored by MATLAB
programming. This paper presents the design, development, and
implementation of an eye controlled wireless wheelchair based on
artificial intelligence which is simple in design, reliable in terms of
feasibility.
Index Terms – System-user interaction, Real time iris detection,
Wireless smart Wheel chair, Model of Wheelchair, eye controlled
wheelchair, ultrasonic sensor, MATLAB software, Webcam,
Artificial intelligence.
1. INTRODUCTION
Human beings always have the intension to control every
process or incident occurring around them so that they can lead
a comfortable life. Many inventions happened due to this
instinct of mankind. Controlling some things is also a need of
human life. In day to day life man has to do certain basic things
that need control over their body or specific body parts. In
general to move from a place to another we must have control
over our body. The so called handicapped people of the world
do not have control over all of their body parts. But there are
persons who are so severely paralyzed that they cannot move
of their own. This paper includes the wheelchair that can
control using voice, eye and joystick. And it monitors the room
conditions like temperature or the humidity, fire etc. And
according to patient/ user health conditions it will inform the
doctor/ analyzer via text message. Also it check the body
conditions of the user and according to unnecessary changes in
his heart and brain conditions and inform it any changes
happen. According to user wish the wheelchair can be made in
to a semi sleeper bed. Also for physically handicapped ones the
wheelchair will help to have food/medicines and other needy
things which can only done by his hand can be done using
robotic hand that is being integrated with it. Also it monitors
the human presence and informs the user. The present world
the medical field is very much focuses about to care the
patients, and the patient/ handicapped one are like to leave
individually without the help of any others so, this proposed
product will be very effective for them.
Moreover, according to WHO there are almost 650 million
people or more who are solely physically challenged. Among
which, around 70 million are in India. Besides, various reports
also show that there is a strong relation between the age of the
person and the level of handicap, the latter being commoner in
persons of advanced age.
Given the growth in life expectancy in the world (in the
countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD)it is expected that the proportion of older
persons aged 60 years and older will have reached a ratio of 1
person in 3 by the year 2030), a large part of its population will
experience functional problems. People suffering from such
miserable condition and living a cursed life in this advanced
technological century. Science & technology must provide
them a better quality of life by making them able to move
without others help.
2. RELATED WORK
The first smart wheelchair that is commercially successful in
North America is likely to be marketed as a device that can be
operated independently indoors, but must be controlled by an
attendant outdoors or in unmodified indoor environments. For
adults, independent mobility is an important aspect of self-
esteem and plays a pivotal role in "aging in place." However,
as sensor technology improves, the environments in which
smart wheelchairs can safely operate will continue to expand.
1.1. Smart wheelchairs
A smart wheelchair typically consists of either a standard
power wheelchair to which a computer and a collection of