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Virtual Reality Power Chair Simulator For Human Operator Modeling And Tremor Filtering, Rick Meyer Apr 2018

Virtual Reality Power Chair Simulator For Human Operator Modeling And Tremor Filtering, Rick Meyer

Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)

Approximately 180,000 persons who have a need for a powered wheelchair (PWC) suffer from Parkinson's’ hand tremor that makes it difficult, even potentially dangerous, for them to operate it. Persons with hand tremor that attempt to operate a PWC have to try to compensate for their tremor, which may not be realistically possible if the tremor is severe enough. Hand tremor can lead to sudden changes in PWC joystick commands that could result in unsafe PWC movements and collisions resulting in injury and/or property damage. These tremor sufferers are candidates for an assistive PWC. As a step toward assistive PWC, …


Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, 2017-2018, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences Jan 2018

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, 2017-2018, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering News

  • Letter from the Chair
  • Introducing Dr. Jinseok Kim
  • Use of 3D Printing at WMU Helps Borgess Cardiologist Plug Holes in the Heart
  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Develops Semi-Virtual Reality Powered Wheelchair Simulator
  • The Western Aerospace Launch Initiative (WALI)
  • 2017 NSF I-Corps Experience of MAE team
  • Matthew Baird's Internship Experiences at JPL and GRC
  • More Department News
  • Faculty Sabbaticals