Smart wheelchair intends to prevent injuries down the road

Frazer-Nash has worked together with University College London (UCL) and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust (RNOH) in order to figure out just how wheelchair users use their arms. The main aim behind this study is to construct a special wheelchair which is capable of detecting the force applied to the wheels, where the whole idea would be to prevent repetitive rotator cuff damage and other upper extremity problems in newer designs. Based off a previous Powerwheel prototype, we could see future wheelchairs that might just be able to make injuries obtained a thing of the past. That’d certainly put a smile on most people’s faces, but as to whether it is capable of being affordable or not when the day arrives, that is another question altogether.