I-Corps: Enabling Mobility By Modular and Reconfigurable Designs

该研究小组计划进一步开发一套帮助老年人和残疾人行动的产品。该技术包括独立的传感器模块和控制器，可以将现有的电动轮椅转换为半自主移动平台。这些“智能轮椅”技术旨在实现以下条件：(1)模块化、可重构和可定制设计，满足实际用户和供应商的约束；(2)直观的用户界面与共享的人机控制算法相结合，为一般残疾和年龄相关残疾的个人提供行动能力。该项目可以通过创造具有成本效益、模块化、可重构和可定制的智能轮椅传感器、执行器和控制器设计，帮助残疾人实现辅助行动，从而进一步推动辅助机器人领域的发展。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中的机器人的替代应用，例如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。

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.