Design and Implementation of Wheelchair Controller Based Electroencephalogram Signal using Microcontroller

Abstract

Wheelchair is a medical device that can help patients, especially for persons with physical disabilities. In this research has designed a wheelchair that can be controlled using brain wave. Mind wave device is used as a sensor to capture brain waves. Fuzzy method is used to process data from mind wave. In the design was used a modified wheelchair (original wheelchair modified with addition dc motor that can be control using microcontroller ). After processing data from mindwave using fuzzy method, then microcontroller ordered dc motor to rotate.The dc motor connected to gear of wheelchair using chain. So when the dc motor rotated the wheelchair rotated as well.  Controlling of DC motor used PID control method. Input encoder was used as feedback for PID control at each wheel.From the experimental results concentration level data of the human brain waves can be used to adjust the rate of speed of the wheelchair. The level accuracy of respons Fuzzy method ton system obtained by devide total true respons data with total tested data and the result is 85.71 %.  Wheelchairs can run at a maximum speed of 31.5 cm/s when the battery voltage is more than 24.05V. Moreover, the maximum load of wheelchair is 110 kg.