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Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas by RDS Co., Ltd.

Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas by RDS Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Robótica, Autómatas e Automatización Competition Category.


BronceRobótica· 2020

Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas

by RDS Co., Ltd.

Client: RDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Robótica Category

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The Design

About Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas

SS01 é un sistema de medición creado para mellorar a sedestación, especialmente para persoas que usan cadeira de rodas. O sistema funciona como un robot con quince actuadores que moven partes do asento e axustan o torque de rotación das rodas en cuestión de segundos. Varios sensores rexistran a posición de sedestación, o centro de gravidade e a velocidade e o torque de cada roda con precisión. Pódense probar rapidamente múltiples posicións de sedestación, polo que se recompilan simultaneamente datos cuantitativos e impresións físicas. O SS01 mide 2526 mm de ancho, 3950 mm de profundidade e 1250 mm de altura.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Ss01 Sistema de Simulación de Cadeira de Rodas satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
SS01 is a mesurement system designed and developed to improve sitting especially for person who use wheelchair.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 2526 mm x Depth 3950 mm x Height 1250 mm
Tags
Wheelchair, Paralympic, Sports, Robot, Seating
Production Technology
It works as a kind of robot which have 15 actuators moves part of seat and the torque of rotation of wheel in just a seconds and several sensors to logging seating position, point of center of gravity and speed, torque of each wheels with accuracy. With SS01, user can test many seating potision rapidly and get quantitative data and know how they fiscally feel that at the same time.
Design Challenge
It is challenging to formulate specifications for many applications and to design structures to achieve them, so we have repeated prototypes and improvements.
Research
The prototype was manufactured and tested repeatedly in order to improve the practicality of the product.
Experienced wheelchair athletes participated in the verification, and the specification requirements of the SS01 were extracted after repeated testing and recording for the purpose of setting the seat position of the wheelchair.
As a result, the SS01 was born as a highly versatile testing system, and is still being improved by testing wheelchair users on a daily basis.
It has been devised for applications where a large amount of data can be acquired with little effort and the structure can be diverted.
Inspiration
Through the development of wheelchairs and para-sport equipment, the design team have been exposed to the fact that individual seating can greatly affect a person's ability to do so.Since able-bodied people also spend a lot of time sitting, they felt the possibility that there would be many benefits if seating could be analyzed quickly and appropriately and reflected in people's lives.
Project Duration
The project started in August 2017 and the SS01 was made in August 2018. In 2020, SS01 is used for medical research and the development is going.
Operation Flow
This project had been started from the development of racing wheelchair for Paralympic since 2017. Through the development, we getting to understood the importance of putting the athlete in correct position in perfect fit with the seat.

The seating position affected to their record so obviously with our prototype. And the obvious data made an experienced athlete understandable for us. The communication about wheelchair development became much easier for each other.

then we joined to "furo", the specialist in robotics, and started to design this system for not only for the atletes but for anyone.
Team Members
RDS Co., Ltd.
Tomoya Ito
fuRo
exiii design Inc.
MAGNET Inc.
makesense Inc.
quod LLC
Image Credits
RDS Co., Ltd.

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