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Design a motorized wheelchair mounting system for a Vanguard Plus speech generating device. The client currently drives an electric wheelchair without the Vanguard mounted. With the device mounted on his chair he cannot see to drive the wheelchair. We are interested to find out if a standard wheelchair mounting system could be adapted so that he is able to move his Vanguard into position to use, then out of the way to drive.
From left to right: Richard Bamberg, Dustin Gardner, Tyler Lark, and Nick Harrison
Current mount for Vanguard
Motion of mount from stored lap position to position of use
Superimposed image of prototype onto wheelchair
At this point we have finished the prototype and design work for the semester. We are discussing improvements and possible continuation of the project.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 25 | Formed team, contacted client, assigned team roles, set up client meeting |
| 2 | February 1 | Literature research, met with client |
| 3 | February 8 | Met with client and his family, brainstormed ideas |
| 4 | February 15 | Evaluated storage positions, agreed on lap position |
| 5 | February 22 | Met with client, worked on mechanisms to move mount |
| 6 | February 29 | Worked on presentation |
| 7 | March 7 | Gave presentation, prepared midsemester paper |
| 8 | March 14 | Spring break |
| 9 | March 21 | Worked on final design mechanism |
| 10 | March 28 | Met with Professor Fronczak, worked on final design |
| 11 | April 4 | Worked on final design |
| 12 | April 11 | Worked on prototype |
| 13 | April 18 | Finished prototype construction |
| 14 | April 25 | Prepared poster |
| 15 | May 2 | Gave presentation and wrote final report, final meetings |
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Product Design Specification (Feb 15 2008, 17 kb) |
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Midsemester Powerpoint Presentation (Mar 7 2008, 4572 kb) |
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Midsemester Paper (Mar 12 2008, 344 kb) |
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Final Presentation Powerpoint Poster (May 5 2008, 2837 kb) |
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Final Paper (May 8 2008, 461 kb) |
