Smart Walker for the assistance of elderly and handicapped people

Electronics and TElecommunication

The percentage of old aged people is escalating in many countries. There are numerous old aged people who experience functional disfigurement of the limbs, which are generally due to neurological problems or be short of of muscle vigour. Also, the abating birth rate leads to the scarcity of the youngsters for attending the old aged people. Therefore, it is greatest need to build up rehabilitation robots and look after robots in order to indemnify for the lack of the people for nursing care of the old aged people. In this research, a structural thought for a robotic help to give maneuverability help and monitoring for the old aged people are being developed. The method is intended to help the old aged people living autonomously or in older assisted living amenities. The acknowledgment of consumer walking purpose plays an significant part in the study of the walker-type rehabilitation robots We proposed a robot which is push by 4 wheels and is known as Smart Walker. It is designed to assist old aged people and handicapped people to walk. For the control system of robot, the walking purpose provides a real-time position route for the robot activity controller. It is planned for helping the old aged people and handicapped persons for walking. This walker will ease the experience of walking and reduce the difficulties faced by old aged people and handicapped people. It will overcome the drawbacks of traditional walker. Our walker will have a night mode to use the walker at night or at dark places, a mechanical arrangement so that the user can take rest if tired, a panic button for immediate contact with the relatives, obstacle detection to avoid potholes etc and a battery indicator. These features will help in solving the issue of normal walkers making the user more independent and confident

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