MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611056384 A) filed by Manipal University Jaipur on May 04, 2026, for A Robotic Wheelchair With Omnidirectional Sensing And Autonomous Navigation Framework.
Inventors include Akash Kumar; Diya Malik; Priyanshu; Ishan Mishra; Nitesh Chauhan; Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Sharma; and Dr. Anju Susan George.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a robotic wheelchair that uses an omnidirectional sensing suite combined with a ROS (Robot Operating System)-based autonomous navigation system. The robotic wheelchair comprises a suite of sensors, including 3D LiDAR, stereo visi...