Cost-Efficient Remote-Controlled Wheelchair

Abstract

A Smart Wheelchair is a Power Wheelchair with numerous sensors, assistive technology, and computers built in that allow a disabled person to travel around freely and safely. These wheelchair designs are gradually replacing regular wheelchairs, although a sizable number of disabled persons are unable to afford one due to their high pricing. As a result, we must deliver a smart wheelchair that is both affordable and packed with capabilities that take advantage of the most recent hardware and software. There have been many admirable attempts made in recent years to achieve this goal. They have embraced several technologies, including artificial intelligence, where they created an autonomous wheelchair that used machine learning principles to travel. Some of them have also used the Internet of Things to manage wheelchairs using a voice recognition system. This report will present a cost-effective Smart Wheelchair-based on PWM and DIR from microcontroller and IoT technology that have several features to gain disabled people, especially poor people who cannot afford expensive Smart Wheelchair, the required help to finish daily life tasks without external help. To conclude this project, we will make the Smart Wheelchair affordable to a wide range of disabled people and will be using PMDC motor, CYTRON smart drive MIDDS30 dual 30A, 12V 12AH battery and a 6-channel controller to control the wheelchair