Design and construction of more accessible wheelchairs

• Grant number: 12/04915-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Luis Alberto Martinez Riascos
• Grantee: Luis Alberto Martinez Riascos
• Host Institution: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Julio Carlos Teixeira ; Rodrigo Reina Munoz

Abstract

According to IBGE, more than 930 thousand people use wheelchairs in Brazil. Another factor to consider is the elderly Brazilian and global population; older people have difficulties for self-locomotion, as well. Brazilian cities are not friendly for wheelchair users. Therefore, the development of new types of wheelchairs with easy maneuverability and the ability to overcome obstacles is essential, such as stairs, irregular sidewalks and without curb ramps.In this project, wheelchair prototypes more maneuverable and able to overcome this type of obstacles will be design and constructed, but at the same time easy for controlling and safer. For this goal, knowledge of fields such as mobile robotics, automatic control, mechanical design, ergonomics, among others should be carefully combined.The project will be developed at the PAAC-UFABC group, in which several partial results were already reached. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JORGE, A. A.; RIASCOS, L. A. M.; MIYAGI, P. E.. Modelling and control strategies for a motorized wheelchair with hybrid locomotion systems. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 43, n. 1, JAN 2021. (12/04915-0)

JORGE, ANDRE A.; RIASCOS, LUIS A. M.; MIYAGI, PAULO E.; IEEE. Modelling and Controlling of a Hybrid Motorized Wheelchair on Flat and Inclined Surfaces. 2019 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL, DECISION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (CODIT 2019), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2019-01-01. (12/04915-0)