Air Force cadets finalizing five year project on eye assisted wheelchair

[rangerrebew]

Air Force cadets finalizing five year project on eye assisted wheelchair
 
   By: Spencer KristensenPosted at 6:53 AM, Feb 13, 2024 and last updated 10:20 AM, Feb 14, 2024
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Air Force Colonel and cadets near completion of “gaze assisted” wheelchair after nearly five years of working on the project.

The project, which began in 2018, was created for a group of seniors as their capstone project.
 
While the seniors working on the project have come and gone, Col. Brian Neff, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has remained the head for the project's entirety.

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/air-force-cadets-finalizing-five-year-project-on-eye-assisted-wheelchair

[rangerrebew]

What an interesting capstone project!

[PeteS in CA]

What an interesting capstone project!

Indeed! The wheelchair motor controllers from at least one motor controller company (a former employer whose products range from wheel chairs to golf carts to large forklifts) use microcontrollers in their newest models, which are dedicated programmed computers. As long as the microcontroller used is flexible enough, the major design work is in the sensors and firmware to interpret and convert sensor input into appropriate actions.