Robotic arms and temporary motorisation – the next generation of wheelchairs

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 06:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Next-generation wheelchairs could incorporate brain-controlled robotic arms and rentable add-on motors in order to help people with disabilities more easily carry out daily tasks or get around a city. Professor Nicolás García-Aracil from the Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) in Elche, Spain, has developed an automated wheelchair with an exoskeleton robotic arm to use at home, […]

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