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Trainees make contributions to power wheelchair project

Trainee Achievements

Trainees make contributions to power wheelchair project

Two of our IGERT fellows, Mr. Candiotti and Ms. Houston, have contributed towards significant technological enhancements to the PerMMA project, a power wheelchair with robotic arms. Mr. Candiotti has focused on the control system, developing a stabilizing and stair-climbing capability utilizing pneumatics. Ms. Houston has developed an interactive user-interface using mobile applications on a tablet. The system, thanks to the IGERT fellows' respective contributions, symbiotically functions together to improve both a user's mobility (through the wheelchair) and manipulation (robotic arms).

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