Electric Wheelchair Future Technology

Kanagawa Institute of Technology and Independence Technology (a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary) recently reported that within a few years there will be a wide range of devices enabling the most severely handicapped people to achieve independent mobility.

The Power Assist Suit was developed at Kanagawa to aid nurses in lifting immobile patients. Electronic sensors monitor the user's muscles and trigger the hydraulically operated suit to boost strength by more than 50%.

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Researchers in Sweden have developed a wheelchair that can be driven manually, by remote controlled or fully autonomously (navigate on its own), which enables even the most severely handicapped people to achieve independent mobility.

With the new navigation system, users can use their head to give commands to the wheelchair. Examples of commands are ‘take the next possible left,’ ‘next possible right,’ ‘follow the wall,’ ‘turn right/left,’ ‘go straight ahead,’ ‘go through the doorway,’ etc.

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