‘Intelligent’ wheelchair for Japan
AIST Develops ‘Intelligent’ Electronic Wheelchair with Next-generation Graphic Sensing System
Tokyo, Sept 21, 2006 (JCN) – Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)…has developed an electronic wheelchair with a 360-degree camera that leaves no blind spots.
The ‘intelligent’ wheelchair prevents collision and bumps by gathering 3D information on the surrounding area in real time. It also detects irregular gestures and posture of the person on the wheelchair, stopping promptly and sending out an external emergency message when it senses something unusual…
The first thing that came to my evil mind was this was ‘Intelligent’ wheelchair for not so intellegent gimps that want to drive their chairs off stairs. Oh how I know the advantages of not feeling a thing—Check out this great short YouTube video of “Extreme Wheelchair”.
Getting back on topic, visit the official website of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology to see all sort of great videos of this chair in action.
- Watch the cyberchair automatically avoid a dangerous dropoff. (Windows Media, 15 sec)
- Watch the cyberchair operate on its own to avoid running into people. (Windows Media, 12 sec)
- The wheelchair user passes out and the cyberchair performs an automatic emergency stop. (Windows Media, 25 sec)
- And finally, see the cool 360-degree “eyeball” (Windows Media, 15 sec)
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