Japan: Wheelchairs for wheelchair users

With aging population, designers are turning to robots that can help older people in their daily activities. One of those inventions is a chair that can control the speed and direction.

The Japanese robot industry has come up with a robot wheelchair that can help people with mobility problems. Users of this wheelchair will no longer have to push the car to move, but even this robot knows exactly where its owner wants to go because the car can move and have controllers. direction.

The robotic wheelchair will read color lines on the floor and follow it to reach the destination without any help from the user.

Designers said, this car is very useful to the elderly. A small sensor installed below the chair can detect color lines on the floor. The input information from the sensor will be transferred to the central processor placed in the chair. This processor can accurately calculate the speed and adjust the direction of the wheel in exactly the same way on the floor.

Cleaners are also being tested in Japan on March 23. (Photo: Scifi)

Hideaki Nakajima, the future robot technology center at the Chiba Institute of Technology, said: "The hard-working people need others to help them whenever they want to move. It's not only inconvenient but it also makes them nervous. With this robot wheelchair, they can move anywhere they want without having to lose their strength. '

The designers say the price of each robot wheelchair is about $ 500, which can be used in hospitals or nursing homes.

Thanh Thuy