Robot Wheelchair with its creators at MIT
Sounds like magic! It feels good to know that there are people who make great solutions for society's disabling problems. One of these remarkable innovations was done by two MIT researchers who developed a robot wheelchair which brings you anywhere in your house, just by simple verbal commands.
It's a personalized wheelchair wherein, the person who uses it will identify and record different locations in his house or work area. The robot wheelchair will find its way wherever you want to go without pressing on some buttons or sensors. It's a system that can learn and adapt to the users environment.
This machine is mostly beneficial to the permanently disabled individuals including stroke patients. Anyone can use it actually, but healthy persons are discouraged to use it because it will make them timid. For now, the wheelchair prototype relies on a WiFi system to make its maps and then navigate through them, which requires setting up a network of WiFi nodes around the facility in advance.
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