SWADAPT2:对电动轮椅使用者在驾驶困难时提供避免碰撞辅助的好处
Bastien Fraudet1, Emilie Leblong1, Patrice Piette1
1Pôle MPR St Hélier, Rennes Cedex, France.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
|September 8, 2023
概括
一个新的机器人辅助附加功能显著减少了动力轮椅 (PWC) 用户的神经障碍的碰撞. 这项技术可以提高驾驶安全性,而不会增加认知负载或降低速度.
科学领域:
- 康复工程 康复工程
- 辅助技术 辅助技术 辅助技术
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 法国有成千上万的人依赖电动轮椅 (PWC),面临可能损害独立性的碰撞风险.
- 现有的PWC驾驶带有固有的风险,特别是对于神经障碍和不同程度残疾的人来说.
- 欧洲ADAPT项目开发了一个机器人辅助附加功能,以减轻PWC碰撞风险并提高驾驶性能.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估动力轮椅 (PWC) 用户的 ADAPT 机器人辅助附加组件的有效性.
- 评估该系统对神经系统疾病患者减少碰撞和驾驶性能的影响.
- 为了确定附加组件在PWC操作期间是否会影响认知负载或驾驶速度.
主要方法:
- 在SWADAPT2研究中,有18名参与者患有神经障碍和PWC驾驶困难.
- 参与者在三个越来越具有挑战性的电路上操作了一台标准快速萨尔萨M2 PWC,配备了机器人辅助附加功能.
- 性能与没有机器人辅助进行了比较,测量了碰撞频率和任务负载.
主要成果:
- 机器人辅助的附加功能显著减少了碰撞,特别是在更困难的电路上.
- 碰撞率从2.16降至0.36在第二电路 (p=0.009) 和从7.3降至1.33在第三电路 (p=0.0009).
- 该系统没有对认知负载或驾驶速度产生负面影响,这表明它对驾驶安全有有益影响.
结论:
- 机器人辅助附加组件显示了在遇到困难的动力轮椅用户中提高驾驶安全的巨大潜力.
- 该系统有效地减少了碰撞,而不会给用户带来额外的认知需求或减慢用户的速度.
- 建议在经过受控环境测试后进行进一步的现实世界评估,以确认技术准备.
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