The Proceedings of the Transportation and Logistics Conference
Online ISSN : 2424-3175
2012.21
Session ID : 1411
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1411 Development of a Personal Mobility Vehicle for the People with Limited Mobility (2nd report) : 2nd Prototype with Kicking and Assistance Mechanism
Masamichi MIURAYoshiyuki TAKAHASHI
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Mobility including transferring is one of the important activities of daily living. In today's aged society, the importance of assistance for the people with limited mobility is acknowledged. Therefore, we propose that the personal mobility vehicle (PMV) for the people with limited mobility. Proposed PMV is propelled by kicking motion with power assisted wheels. It aims to assist short distance transportation in urban area e.g. moving from a home to a train station. By using a folding mechanism, it will be able to take on to the public transportations and will help to extend the area of the user's activities. In this report, it is introduced about our 2nd prototype PMV.
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© 2012 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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