Evaluation of the Wheelchair Helpers on Slope

Abstract

In the progress of elderly society, evaluation of equipments for assisting human is getting more important nowadays. People use frequency a Wheelchair. However it does not seem to have been examined how the equipment moderates the generated consumption energy of its helpers. In this paper, we perform mechanical evaluation of a helpers walk using the wheelchair on slope. We estimate the consumption energy based on the Musculo-Skeletal Model. Our evaluation method will be useful for developing practical assisting equipments.