Assistive Device for Locomotion of Visually Impaired and Physically Challenged People

Dependency for mobility of physically challenged and visually impaired people is a major issue to be focused. To bring a safe and independent movement, we have designed and developed a mobility aid to assist them in locomotion. The device is designed using CATIA software. Our ideology is to control the navigation of the device by two modes. In the first mode, the navigation of the unit is governed by the voice command given by the user namely right, left, forward, reverse and stop. In the second mode, the device renders a reliable movement in the known environment which is achieved by feeding in a pre-defined layout. The navigation modes are regulated by a control unit.