Performance Evaluation for a Multimodal Interface of a Smart Wheelchair with a Simulation Software

Handling systems for power wheelchairs are very useful for users who have di culty moving by themselves; however, most of the current models are designed exclusively for diplegic people and quadriplegics users with a speci c disability. But it doesn't exist yet a wheelchair that assist it properly and e ciently the di erent disabilities that may present a quadriplegic due to the level of the injury. Therefore, the main contribution for this paper was a performance evaluation for a multimodal interface system of a smart wheelchair with di erent control methods for patients with severe spinal cord injuries (SCI) through a software simulation to make more secure the movement of the wheelchair and thereby standardize the basics of wheelchairs for quadriplegics in a more natural way according to their disabilities.