Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 01, 2022 - June 04, 2022
When a passenger surrenders himself/herself to a wheelchair that is hand-pushed by other’s hands or automatically operated, he/she may feel uneasy, for example, near obstacles or steps. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the passengers feel discomfort due to external factors, the speed of the wheelchair, and the distance to obstacles. For this purpose, an experimental robot based on an electric wheelchair with an sensor function to mesure the environment. The speed and distance from the wall were varied by the device, and We quantitatively measured the discomfort level of the subjects in each situation. This describes the experimental method, and the results of the analysis.
