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Facial Gestures Can Move This AI-Motorized Wheelchair
A new a prototype kit exploits artificial intelligence to enable a disabled person to drive a motorized wheelchair using facial expressions.
Credit: Hoobox Robotics
Hoobox Robotics of Brazil has partnered with Intel on a prototype kit that exploits artificial intelligence (AI) to enable a disabled person to drive a motorized wheelchair using a repertoire of 10 facial expressions.
The Wheelie 7 learns these gestures automatically, and a caregiver can use an app to assign specific facial expressions to wheelchair movement or stopping commands.
Wheelie employs facial-recognition software, sensors, robotics, and an Intel three-dimensional (3D) RealSense Depth Camera mounted on the wheelchair.
The system captures a 3D map of the user's face, and employs AI algorithms to process data in real time and control the wheelchair.
Hoobox's Paulo Pinheiro said the Wheelie 7 can operate in sunlight and dim lighting conditions, and is compatible with 95% of commercially available motorized wheelchairs.
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