An Electric-Assist Off-Road Wheelchair

电动辅助越野轮椅

• 批准号: 561340-2020
• 负责人: Sveinson, Kelly
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Langara College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724114
• 关键词: Electric; Assist; Off; Road; Wheelchair

The goal of this research is to open the great outdoors to people with physical disabilities. We plan to integratean electric-assist propulsion system into an existing manually-driven, off-road wheelchair to make it possiblefor paraplegic and quadriplegic "riders" to explore and enjoy challenging terrain, in the way that able-bodiedhikers, trail runners, and mountain bikers do. This proposal transposes emergent technologies developedprimarily for the electric bicycle (e-bike) market into the comparatively underserved assistive mobility space.We will develop prototypes for a new and innovative electric-assist, off-road wheelchair that will serve theunmet need for outdoor adventuring within the disabled community, and could also be used in mountainrescue. It will significantly enhance the capability of the existing, manually-driven wheelchair by expanding thetypes of terrain accessible to disabled riders and their assistants. The proposed research will encourage activecollaboration between industry, academia, environmentalists, adventurers, and the disabled community. It willenhances Canada's reputation for being a nation that takes seriously the quality of the lives of its less fortunatecitizens.

这项研究的目标是向身体残疾的人开放户外活动。我们计划将电动辅助推进系统集成到现有的手动越野轮椅中，使截瘫和四肢瘫痪的“骑手”能够像健全的徒步旅行者，越野跑者和山地自行车手那样探索和享受具有挑战性的地形。该提案将主要为电动自行车市场开发的新兴技术转移到相对缺乏服务的辅助移动空间。我们将开发一种新型创新电动辅助越野轮椅的原型，以满足残疾人社区户外探险的未满足需求，也可用于山地救援。这将大大提高现有的人力驱动轮椅的能力，通过扩大地形类型，方便残疾乘客及其助手。拟议中的研究将鼓励工业界、学术界、环保主义者、冒险家和残疾人社区之间的积极合作。它将提高加拿大作为一个认真对待其不那么幸运的公民的生活质量的国家的声誉。