Haptic Wheelchair Locomotion Simulator: Design with Experimental Validation

@inproceedings{AitGhezala2023,
title = {Haptic Wheelchair Simulator: Design with Experimental Validation},
author = {Amel Ait Ghezala and Chouki Sentouh and Toufik Bentaleb and Philippe Pudlo and Thierry Poulain and Gerald Conreur
},
editor = {Andras Kemeny and Jean-Rémy Chardonnet and Florent Colombet},
isbn = {978-2-9573777-3-2},
year  = {2023},
date = {2023-09-08},
urldate = {2023-09-08},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2023 Europe VR},
pages = {11-18},
address = {Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France},
organization = {Driving Simulation Association},
abstract = {Wheelchair accessibility is still not assured for many manual wheelchair (MWC) users, due to inadequate urban construction, but also due to the biomechanical capacities issue of MWC users. Therefore, there is a great potential in the development of technologies to address this problem, one of them is the wheelchair mobility simulator. This work is part of the ANR CapaCITIES project, which aims to produce a biomechanical cost for wheelchair accessible cities. One of the objectives of the project is to develop a haptic and immersive simulator, allowing to reproduce realistically the wheelchair locomotion accessibility in different propulsion situations. The simulator consists of an instrumented wheelchair attached to a roller ergometer, as well as a set of six screens allowing complete immersion. A haptic interface is specially designed to manage the interaction between the user with his wheelchair and the virtual environment. Thus, a haptic force feedback is generated and allows the user to feel in real time the resistances applied to the wheels according to his actions and driving situations, i.e., straight line, turn and slope/cross slope scenarios. An experimental protocol involving 10 participants is implemented to evaluate the performance and functionality of the simulator based on locomotion scenarios commonly encountered by wheelchair users in an urban environment. Preliminary results of the evaluation of the simulator functionality are presented in this paper.},
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}

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TI  - Haptic Wheelchair Simulator: Design with Experimental Validation
AU  - Ghezala, Amel Ait
AU  - Sentouh, Chouki
AU  - Bentaleb, Toufik
AU  - Pudlo, Philippe
AU  - Poulain, Thierry
AU  - Conreur, Gerald
C1  - Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
C3  - Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2023 Europe VR
DA  - 2023/09/08
PY  - 2023
SP  - 11
EP  - 18
LA  - en-US
PB  - Driving Simulation Association
SN  - 978-2-9573777-3-2
L2  - https://proceedings.driving-simulation.org/proceeding/dsc-2023/haptic-wheelchair-locomotion-simulator-design-with-experimental-validation
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