Ss01 轮椅模拟系统 by RDS Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 机器人、自动装置与自动化设计 Competition Category.
铜机器人· 2020
Ss01 轮椅模拟系统
Client: RDS Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 机器人 Category
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About Ss01 轮椅模拟系统
SS01是一套为改善座椅体验而研发的测量系统,尤其针对轮椅使用者。该系统以机器人形式运作,配备十五个执行器,可在数秒内驱动座椅各部件并调节车轮的旋转扭矩。多个传感器精确记录坐姿位置、重心以及每个车轮的转速与扭矩。系统能够快速测试多种坐姿状态,从而同步采集量化数据与实际体感反馈。SS01的尺寸为宽2526毫米、深3950毫米、高1250毫米。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铜奖
Ss01 轮椅模拟系统是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Ss01 轮椅模拟系统将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Ss01 轮椅模拟系统出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。
Behind the Design
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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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