Intelligent Walker Designed To Assist The Elderly And People Undergoing Medical Rehabilitation, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Device

ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2008) — A team of researchers from the Departments of Software, Automatic Control, Strength of MaMechanical Engineering, Materials and Structural Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), led by Ulises Cortés and Antonio B. Martínez, has designed an intelligent walker (i-Walker) that goes a step beyond conventional walkers as it can communicate with the user, think for itself and react to the environment.

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