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Project MOBIL
(Intelligent Mobility and Transportation Aid for Elderly People with Combined Motor and Mental Impairment)
Short description
the MaxiMOBIL system as
an aid for standing up
A technically and functionally integrated modular system for the home is developed and validated which is adaptable to the needs of individual users and enhance or enable a more independent daily living. The system base is a walking aid, equipped with a tray-system and integrated level equalization. Integral part is an intuitive and easy-to-use stimulating human-machine-interface. A component of the HMI is a daytime management system, which is intended to support people with minor loss of memory. The basic system can be enlarged in a modular way with force-sensor controlled powered wheels, sensoric system (collision avoidance), and a semi-autonomous mode (servant mode, e.g. for following people which need assistance in carrying).
Focus of FTB
- User involvement (user group, user requirements analysis, evaluation
- Concept of MaxiMOBIL and MiniMOBIL
- Concept and implementation of the day-time manager
Project partners
- FernUniversität Hagen - Lehrstuhl Prozeßsteuerung und Regelungstechnik PRT, Hagen, Germany (general project leader)
- Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari di Perfezionamento Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Domus Acedemy srl, Milano, Italy
- Rehab Robotics Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, UK
- Oxford Intelligent Machines Ltd., Oxford, UK
- Euroflex System AB, Huddinge, Sweden
a laboratory prototype of the
powered version of the
MOBIL-system (MiniMOBIL)
Publications
- Christian Bühler, Helmut Heck, Janus Nedza, Rainer Wallbruch:
Evaluation of the MOBIL Walking & Lifting Aid.
in: C. Marincek, Ch. Bühler, H. Knops, R. Andrich (Eds.): Assistive Technology Added Value to the Quality of Life. Amsterdam Berlin Oxford Tokyo Washington/DC: IOS Press, 2001; ISBN 1-58603-195-3; pp. 210?215
Project data
Duration: 7/1998 - 4/2001
Funding: co-funded by the European Commission within the IST-Programme of the 5. Framework Programme.
Contact persons at FTB
- Dr.-Ing. Helmut Heck (head of FTB development centre)
email: h.heck@ftb-esv.de - Dipl.-Ing. Janus Nedza (head of FTB test centre)
email: jn@ftb-esv.de - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bühler (head of institute)
email: c.buehler@ftb-esv.de
Last Updated at Tuesday, 16 July 2013