Technical Paper
Study of Braking Control in New System for Hand Operation (First Report)
2024-04-09
2024-01-2497
It is said that there are about 123 million wheelchair users in the world. It is difficult for them to drive a car, and their range of activities is limited. If they can drive by themselves, the range of their activities will be expanded, and we believe that this will greatly contribute to the improvement of their Quality of Life. In such social issue, if anyone can easily drive a car by concentrating the accelerator and brake functions on the steering wheel and making it possible to operate it at hand, many people will be able to move freely and it can be expected that it will become easier to carry out social and economic activities. In order to realize the above system, it is important to consider various factors such as the arrangement of the braking and driving operation mechanism, the operation direction, the operation force, the amount of stroke, and the by-wire system, and to construct a safe and secure operation system.