Bringing Advances in Wheelchairs to The People

There have been several recent advances in wheelchair technology that could bring about greater mobility for people with disabilities and people who are elderly. These advances are dePendent upon the proliferation of computing technology (both hardware and software), and p developments in materials and their manufacturing processes. While the new designs of mobility products and the commercial experimentation with robotics technology for personal mobility are exciting, the delivery of these products to people in diverse and distributed environments must also be addressed. Telerehabilitation may provide a means for the limited expertise in the advances in mobility products to become available on a large scale.

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