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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Economic viability in the automation of wheel chair conventional: engineering applied to social development
Submission Author:
Regina Elaine Santos Cabette , SP
Co-Authors:
Lucio Veraldo Junior, Regina Elaine Santos Cabette, Regina Elaine Santos Cabette
Presenter: Regina Elaine Santos Cabette
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2302
Abstract
In order to promote the ergonomic comfort for wheelchair users, this research project aims to facilitate the transformation of a wheelchair conventional in a eletric wheelchair, making it totally autonomous to the user, having facilities in the handle for access to small places. The device will facilitate locomotion in irregular lands by reducing individual effort or the need for an escort. As a result it is expected at the end of the research a validation of the prototype with its economic viability for the production in large scale. This project will be used for wheelchair users who do not have movement of under limbs and have physical capacity in the upper limbs.
Keywords
Wheel chair, Economic Viability, Autonomation, Ergonomy.
