Abstract
Product innovation involves an understanding of technology through the introduction of a product that is new or has significantly improved characteristics and intended uses with the purpose of upgrading or even changing, in this case, the mobility landscape. Although product development is creative in upgrading components, the implementation requires a systematic approach to guide the processes that must be taken into account and applied to achieve the implementation of a new product to market. To be successful it is important that the needs, preferences and limitations, be taken into consideration. In this paper, an optimized methodology for developing a new product is proposed starting from the existing ones. By investigating the current concepts of solutions to improve the ability to move physically, it is attempted to propose a typology to address the mobility problem. On a basic manual wheelchair, a system will be attached to ensure overcoming the obstacles and to guarantee the ability to negociate effectively.
Highlights
The wheelchair has become today indispensable for people experiencing various locomotor disabilities
Wheelchair users are confronted with the problem of limited mobility because the design of wheelchairs is not sufficiently addressed by changing the use environments
The methodologies used in product development are set to evolve with the maturity in process model
Summary
The wheelchair has become today indispensable for people experiencing various locomotor disabilities. Quaglia [1] analyzed aspects of developing a wheelchair for climbing stairs, which can move in various environments that can go over obstacles. The seat has a tubular structure consisting of a frame and a pivoting wheel. Yuan and Hirose [3] proposed a product with two pairs of parallel wheels that are used to perform stair-climbing motion, with the tire diameter smaller compared to the step height. Suryawanshi [4] proposes a conceptual design of a transfer mechanism in a wheelchair that assists the disabled person to move onto the bed and back again. The stability is a critical aspect when a mobility product is developed, and in this case the seat oscillates due to leg movement during both stair-climbing and flat ground motion, causing an unpleasant sensation for the user
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