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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Design of a Low-Cost Wheelchair for Open-Source Platform: First Phase

Authors : Alberto Rossa-Sierra, Irma Cecilia Landa-Ávila, Omar Jiménez-López

Published in: Advances in Design for Inclusion

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

According to World Health Organization report approximately 111 million people in the world needs a wheelchair. In order to solve this problem, around the world, are developed open-source products. The first phase of the present project includes the review of state-art and evaluation of similar design proposals around the world. As a result of a search for similar projects, we found some proposals that could be adapted to México, and we decided to analyze two of them; the first one is a proposal made of PVC pipes. The second proposal to analyze is an active-type wheelchair made of plywood. The goal of this first project phase is to reproduce both chairs with the objectives: Check if the open-source platform is clear and it is feasible to manufacture the wheelchairs in a different environment to where they have been designed and check the stability, comfort, and maneuverability.

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Metadata
Title
Design of a Low-Cost Wheelchair for Open-Source Platform: First Phase
Authors
Alberto Rossa-Sierra
Irma Cecilia Landa-Ávila
Omar Jiménez-López
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Advances in Design for Inclusion

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-94621-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-94622-1

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94622-1_26

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