Evaluation on Standardized Circuits of the Interest of a Robotic Module of Assistance to the Driving

Evaluation on Standardized Circuits of the Interest of a Robotic Module of Assistance to the Driving of Patients With Neurological Disorders, Regular Drivers of Electric Wheelchairs.

The device that is the subject of this investigation is a robotic assistance module for driving a semi-autonomous electric wheelchair. This module is designed to accessorize the electric wheelchair to improve the safety conditions when driving an electric wheelchair, thus reducing the wheelchair accident rate on the one hand and facilitating access to the wheelchair to persons who can not claim it without the use of a safety device of this type.

The device that is the subject of this investigation is a robotic assistance module for driving a semi-autonomous electric wheelchair. This module is designed to accessorize the electric wheelchair to improve the safety conditions when driving an electric wheelchair, thus reducing the wheelchair accident rate on the one hand and facilitating access to the wheelchair to persons who can not claim it without the use of a safety device of this type.

Each patient included will test a wheelchair equipped with a collision avoidance assistance module in 2 conditions, assistance activated or not. This evaluation will be carried out in 3 standardized test circuits of increasing difficulty, one week apart. At each session, the patient will perform the circuit 6 times, including 3 with activated assistance, in a random order established upstream.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged over 18,
• Having freely consented to participate in the study,
• suffering from neurological disorders such as cerebro-lesion or neuro-degeneration,
• Having benefited from a prescription of electric wheelchair and circulating in an electric wheelchair for more than 3 months,
• of which the electric wheelchair is the main mode of transport,
• The physical measurements (weight, height) are compatible with the use of the electric wheelchair chosen for the development of the robotics assistance module.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Understanding difficulties preventing the realization of the protocol,
• Motor disorders of the upper limb requiring additional driving technical assistance,
• Patient having expressed difficulties impacting his safety of sedan and / or exterior.