Authors
Karam Dad, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Wang Jie, Min Cheol Lee
Corresponding Author
Karam Dad
Available Online 1 March 2017.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2017.3.4.3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Wheelchair, Patients, Mobile Robot, Genetic Algorithm, A* Algorithm.
Abstract
In this paper, a control strategy is proposed for assisting patients, with wheelchairs, to move around within a hospital. The strategy is tested using a mobile robot that is navigated in a hospital while using obstacle avoidance scheme. The mobile robot is operated using both genetic algorithm and A* algorithm for a thorough comparison of both schemes. The comparison of the results confirmed that genetic algorithm give a far better solution for motion planning of a wheelchair in a hospital environment.

Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).