Iot Assignment Smart Electronic Wheelchair: Abstract
Iot Assignment Smart Electronic Wheelchair: Abstract
Id: 18B81A0477
Section: ECE-B
IoT Assignment
Smart Electronic Wheelchair
ABSTRACT:
This paper describes the design of a smart, motorized, voice controlled wheelchair using embedded
system. Proposed design supports voice activation system for physically differently abled persons
incorporating manual operation. This paper represents the “Voice-controlled Wheel chair” for the
physically differently abled person where the voice command controls the movements of the
wheelchair. The voice command is given through a cellular device having Bluetooth and the
command is transferred and converted to string by the BT Voice Control for Arduino and is
transferred to the Bluetooth Module SR-04connected to the Arduino board for the control of the
Wheelchair. For example, when the user says „Go‟ then chair will move in forward direction and
when he says „Back‟ then the chair will move in backward direction and similarly „Left‟, „Right‟ for
rotating it in left and right directions respectively and „Stop‟ for making it stop. This system was
designed and developed to save cost, time and energy of the patient. Ultrasonic sensor is also made
a part of the design and it helps to detect obstacles lying ahead in the way of the wheelchair that can
hinder the passage of the wheelchair.
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
WORKING:
The system has two parts, namely; hardware and software. The hardware architecture
consists of an embedded system that is based on Arduino Uno board, a Bluetooth Module, Motor
Driver and an Android phone. The Bluetooth Module provides the communication media between
the user through the android phone and the system by means of voice command given to the
android phone. The user speaks the desired command to the “BT Voice Control for Arduino voice
(AMR Voice Application)” software application installed in the android phone that is connected
through Bluetooth with Bluetooth Module SR-04. The voice command is converted to an array of
string and the string is passed to Arduino Uno connected to it. Once the Bluetooth Module receives
the message, the command sent will be extracted and executed by the microcontroller attached to it
and depending on the commands fed to the Motor Driver, the motors will function accordingly. The
system will interpret the commands and control the Wheelchair accordingly via android application.
Meanwhile, the ultrasonic sensor works while the circuit is on and makes sure the path has no
obstacle and if any obstacle occurs it notifies the Arduino and stops wheelchair till further command
is obtained from the user.
The different directions of motions possible are: forward, backward, left, right and stop. In achieving
the task. the controller is loaded with program using the Arduino programming language and
Arduino development environment.
1. First make sure Bluetooth module is paired with the android mobile. The default password for
pairing is “1234” or “0000”.
2. When the user says “GO”, AMR Voice application sends the data in form of string “*GO#” to
Bluetooth module connected to the circuit. When microcontroller detects “GO”, the motor attached
to the wheelchair moves FORWORD.
3. When the user says “BACK” AMR Voice application sends the data in form of string “*BACK#” to
Bluetooth module connected to the circuit. When microcontroller detects “BACK”, the motor
attached to the wheelchair moves REVERSE.
4. When the user says “LEFT” AMR Voice application sends the data in form of string in form of string
“*LEFT#” to Bluetooth module connected to the circuit. When microcontroller detects “LEFT” the
moves the motor attached to the wheelchair LEFT side.
5. When the user says “RIGHT” AMR Voice application sends the data in form of string “*RIGHT#” to
Bluetooth module connected to the circuit. When microcontroller detects “RIGHT” the moves the
motor attached to the wheelchair RIGHT side.
6. When the user says “STOP” button which is in the Centre of remote the AMR Voice application
sends the data in form of string “*STOP#” to the Bluetooth module connected to the circuit. When
microcontroller detects “STOP” the wheelchair gets stopped.
FLOW CHART:
APPLICATIONS:
Going outside the home
Keeping track of money and bills
Preparing meals
Doing light housework
Taking prescription medicines in the right amount at the right time
Using the telephone
CONCLUSION:
This project elaborates the design and construction of Smart Electronic Wheelchair with the help of
Bluetooth Module. The circuit works properly to move as the command given by the user. After
designing the circuit that enables physically disabled to control their wheel using an android
application in their smartphones and it has also been tested and validated. The detection of any
obstacle is successfully controlled by the microcontroller. As the person switches on the circuit and
starts moving, any obstacle which is expected to lie within a range of 4 meters will be detected by
the Ultrasonic sensor. This proposed system contributes to the self-dependency of differently abled
and older people.