I-Corps: Enabling Mobility By Modular and Reconfigurable Designs

I-Corps：通过模块化和可重构设计实现移动性

• 批准号: 1355623
• 负责人: Taskin Padir
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355623&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Enabling; Mobility; Modular; Reconfigurable

This research team plans to further develop a suite of products that aid in mobility for the elderly and individuals with disabilities. The technology includes stand-alone sensor modules as well as controllers that can convert an existing power wheelchair into a semi-autonomous mobility platform. These "smart wheelchair" technologies are designed to achieve the following qualifications (1) modular, reconfigurable and customizable designs that satisfy practical user and provider constraints and; (2) intuitive user interfaces combined with shared human-robot control algorithms for enabling mobility for individuals with general and age-related disabilities.This project could help further the field of assistive robotics through the creation of cost-effective, modular, reconfigurable and customizable sensor, actuator and controller designs for smart wheelchairs by enabling individuals with disabilities with assistive mobility. The technologies developed through this project may enable translation of capabilities to alternative applications involving robots in smart and connected healthcare, such as rehabilitation devices for improved health as well as general human-supervised robot control systems.

该研究团队计划进一步开发一套帮助老年人和残疾人移动的产品。该技术包括独立的传感器模块以及控制器，可以将现有的电动轮椅转换为半自动移动平台。这些“智能轮椅”技术旨在实现以下条件：（1）满足实际用户和供应商限制的模块化、可重新配置和可定制设计;（2）直观的用户界面，结合共享的人机控制算法，使一般和年龄相关的残疾人能够移动。该项目可以通过创建成本-智能轮椅的有效、模块化、可重新配置和可定制的传感器、执行器和控制器设计，使残疾人能够获得辅助移动能力。通过该项目开发的技术可以将能力转化为涉及智能和互联医疗保健中机器人的替代应用，例如用于改善健康的康复设备以及一般的人类监督机器人控制系统。