Urban mobility device for wheelchair users in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (ZMVM)

People with disabilities are important sector of the population that needs to mobilize in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico, to work, attend school or carry out daily activities. The objective of the work is to design the prototype of an independent urban mobility device, adaptable to wh...

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Autores: Garduño-Bonilla, Israel, Martínez de Velasco y Arellano, Emilio, Laureano-Cruces , Ana Lilia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Revista de Ciencias Tecnológicas
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.recit.uabc.mx:article/150
Acceso en línea:https://recit.uabc.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/150
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Disability
Wheelchairs
Electromechanical wheelchair device
Urban mobility
Discapacidad
Sillas de ruedas
Dispositivo electromecánico para silla de ruedas
Movilidad urbana
Descripción
Sumario:People with disabilities are important sector of the population that needs to mobilize in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico, to work, attend school or carry out daily activities. The objective of the work is to design the prototype of an independent urban mobility device, adaptable to wheelchairs for everyday use. For this, was used as a method the General Model of the Design Process of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, chosen for being suitable for the design and development of products. As a result, was obtained a functional prototype 1: 1 scale, with the proposal to integrate in public transport stations.