Design and Implementation of Smart Wheelchair for Quadriplegia patients using IOT

Abstract

Quadriplegia is a pathological condition identified through completely or partly paralysis of the limbs and torso. Smart wheelchair is an innovation that has an intention to create a difference for the activities of the people who are restricted by movement. This paper proposed an idea to ease those patients, who cannot perform hand movements in a way that can move a wheelchair. This paper peculiarly represents the working model of a smart wheelchair using Internet of things (IoT). Three different modes are proposed which assist the patient in free movement and information transmission to the person nearby and to the cloud. To provide movement of wheelchair in desired direction an accelerometer based hand glove is design. Patient can transmit the requirements to the nearer ones through hand gesture using RF transmission. Third mode provides the information on cloud which can be accessed by the doctor for diagnosis.