Home Automation and Wheelchair Control: A Survey

The technology has been successful in making our lives easy since its inception. Several devices and gadgets have been developed to serve both physically abled and challenged individuals. Billions of money is being invested in devices that can assist the paralysed in their daily chores – could be related to communication or movement or even controlling the electrical appliances in their homes. This paper summarises the recent advancements made in this regard and also draws a light on the shortcomings of these methods.