Ss01 轮椅模拟系统 by RDS Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 機械人設計 Competition Category.
銅機械人· 2020
Ss01 轮椅模拟系统
Client: RDS Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 機械人 Category
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About Ss01 轮椅模拟系统
SS01係一套為改善座椅設計而研發嘅測量系統，特別針對輪椅使用者嘅需求。呢套系統以機械人形式運作，配備十五個致動器，可以喺數秒內移動座椅各部件並調節車輪嘅旋轉扭力。多個感測器精確記錄坐姿位置、重心，以及每個車輪嘅速度同扭力。系統可以快速測試多種坐姿，同步收集量化數據同實際體感反饋。SS01尺寸為闊2526毫米、深3950毫米、高1250毫米。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅獎
Ss01 轮椅模拟系统是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Ss01 轮椅模拟系统將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Ss01 轮椅模拟系统出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。
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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