Three final-year B. We used a single LiDAR sensor to keep the overall costs of the product as low as possible. Making the Self-E enter and exit through a door was a difficult task but we could succeed in this after fine-tuning the system. If they use a powered wheelchair with joystick control, they need to manipulate the joystick and steer the wheelchair all the way to the destination."The Self-E wheelchair addresses a critical need. In a hospital or airport, people with mobility issues depend on a manual custom Drop In Anchors wheelchair along with wheelchair pushers, which hinders their freedom of movement. using a laser sensor called LiDAR.

The current version is a successful prototype and, with the help of Technology Business Incubator of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, we hope to commercialize the product. Developing a cost efficient self-driving wheelchair was another issue. Explaining the benefits of Self-E, student Chinta Ravi Teja said: "The self-driving wheelchair allows patients to be easily transported from one place to another anywhere at a hospital, airport or even a home. It creates a map of the surrounding space, along with static and dynamic obstacles, using a laser sensor and displays it through a smartphone app. The Self-E wheelchair can also be used at homes, retirement communities, assisted living communities, restaurants, washrooms, etc. Self-E, in contrast, maps the surrounding environment, including dynamic and static obstacles such as people, walls, pillars, tables, chairs, etc.Tech students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham led by their professor have developed a self-driving wheelchair that can safely take a user from one point to another by navigating its own path and avoiding obstacles on the way. With a simple touch on the map displayed on the mobile screen, the wheelchair takes them to the destination. It now needs to be tested in different environments like hospitals and airports with patients and wheelchair users.In contrast to the imported self-driving wheelchairs which are quite expensive, the young inventors of Amrita have managed to produce the prototype below Rs 1 lakh. They can have complete control over the wheelchair without anyone’s help.