Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering

使用移动和操纵设备的退伍军人残疾人(VWD)数量激增 由于老龄化，改善的医疗保健提高了严重创伤和多发性创伤的存活率 导致多种残疾。持久自由、伊拉克自由和新黎明行动结束 从退伍军人假肢和感觉辅助服务(PSA)获得设备的250,000名独特的vWD。退伍军人 是Ware所做并努力实现的每一件事的核心。Ware一直是老兵领导的， 以退伍军人为重点，有相当数量的退伍军人参与了不同级别的Ware。参与式 动作设计一直是Ware研发的核心。瓷器的焦点 将围绕四个主题进行研究和开发：(主题1)智能设备应用，(主题2) 高级轮椅设计，(主题3)辅助机器人和智能系统，以及(主题4)人类 机器接口。Ware将把能力建设和消费者之声(VOC)与过程之声联系起来 (VOP)建议，通过创建核心活动来促进vWD和VA的创新环境 临床医生。显然，一些vwd和辅助技术提供商并不知道 技术的存在，并要求随时了解可用的和新兴的技术。Ware将测量 消费者、提供者和家庭/照顾者对可用产品、研究成果和临床的认识 实践指南并评估它们是否正在被使用。培训下一代康复人员 科学家和工程师是一个中心可以为长期良好做出的最重要贡献之一- 成为VWD的一员。Ware致力于指导新的调查人员(特别是退伍军人)，以帮助他们 成功的职业生涯专注于vwd。Ware致力于保持辅助技术标准的领先地位 制定和实施。Ware提议的研究、开发和核心活动将导致 改善了vWD的功能和活动效果。Ware与退伍军人管理局的卓越蓝图保持一致。它 促进退伍军人主导的护理，解决弱势群体，提升退伍军人管理局作为首选提供者，目标 实现与私营部门相比或超过私营部门的护理服务，并使退伍军人管理局与学术合作伙伴保持一致。 Ware将利用VA匹兹堡医疗系统(VAPHS)、行业合作伙伴、 退伍军人服务组织和匹兹堡大学(匹兹堡)。Ware过去是，将来也将继续是 专注于为使用轮椅和机器人的vWD带来切实和可衡量的改进 技术。一个首要目标是将调查结果转化为退伍军人使用的整个退伍军人。 关键词(科学学科)：康复工程、物理医学与康复、 理疗。 关键词(研究焦点)：智能设备应用、先进轮椅设计、辅助机器人 和智能系统，以及人机界面轮椅，辅助机器人，可穿戴和 互联设备。

There is an influx in the number of Veterans with disabilities (VwD) using mobility and manipulation devices due to aging, improved medical care which has increased survival rates from severe injuries, and polytrauma resulting in multiple disabilities. Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn account for over 250,000 unique VwD who received devices from VA Prosthetics and Sensory Aid Service (PSAS). Veterans are at the heart of everything that WARE does and strives to achieve. WARE has always been Veteran-led and Veteran-focused with a significant number of Veterans engaged with WARE at multiple levels. Participatory action design is and always has been the very heart of WARE’s research and development. The focus of WARE will be on research and development within four themes: (Theme 1) Smart Device Applications, (Theme 2) Advanced Wheelchair Design, (Theme 3) Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Systems, and (Theme 4) Human Machine Interfaces. WARE will link capacity building and Voice of the Consumer (VoC) and Voice of the Process (VoP) recommendations by creating core activities in promoting an innovation environment for VwD and VA clinicians. It is apparent that some VwD and assistive technology providers do not know that important technologies exist and asked to be kept informed about available and emerging technologies. WARE will measure consumer, provider, and family/caregiver awareness of available products, research outputs, and clinical practice guidelines and assess whether they are being used. Training the next generation of rehabilitation scientists and engineers is one of the most important contributions a Center can make to the long-term well- being of VwD. WARE is committed to mentoring new investigators (especially Veterans) to help them to successful careers focused on VwD. WARE is committed to remain a leader in assistive technology standards development and implementation. WARE’s proposed research, development, and core activities will result in improved function and mobility outcomes of VwD. WARE is aligned with the VA’s Blueprint for Excellence. It promotes Veteran-driven care, addresses vulnerable populations, elevates the VA as the provider of choice, aims to achieve care delivery that compares to or exceeds the private sector, and aligns the VA with academic partners. WARE will leverage the expertise developed by VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS), industry partners, Veterans Service Organizations, and the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). WARE has been and will continue to be focused on making tangible and measurable improvements for VwD who use wheelchairs and robotics technologies. An overarching goal is to translate findings throughout VA and into use by Veterans. Keywords (Scientific Disciplines): Rehabilitation Engineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Physical Therapy. Keywords (Research Foci): Smart Device Applications, Advanced Wheelchair Design, Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Systems, and Human Machine Interfaces Wheelchairs, Assistive Robotics, Wearable and Connected Devices.