TY - GEN
T1 - Interdisciplinary Approach of the Design Process for the Application of New Materials in Wheelchair Design
AU - Chacon-Cifuentes, Paula
AU - Zuleta-Gil, Alejandro
AU - Cadavid, Gustavo Sevilla
AU - Valencia-Escobar, Andres
AU - Correa-Bedoya, Esteban
AU - Echeverria-Echeverria, Felix
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding. Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación en Colombia (COLCIENCIAS), grant 1115745-58322.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. The authors are grateful to “Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)” of the Colombian Government (Grant 1115745-58322), “Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo y la Innovación (CIDI)” from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana through UPB-Innova Rad: 747B-03/17-35, Universidad de Antioquia, SENA and Universidad de Medellín.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - The appropriation of new technology requires the design and development of products that are accepted by the market. Developing such products is a complex task that usually requires the integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines. In the field of new materials, developments that can be applied to assistive technology are constantly made. This work studies the collaboration between users and professionals from industrial design, engineering, human factors, and disability for the design of an all-terrain wheelchair. This product incorporates the use of magnesium alloys, a material with an excellent strength-to-weight ratio and good damping properties. With a human-centered design approach, tools such as interviews, focus groups, prototyping, and testing were used in several stages of the process. It allowed achieving a design that takes advantage of the properties of the new material and, at the same time, meets the mobility, stability and comfort requirements of the users.
AB - The appropriation of new technology requires the design and development of products that are accepted by the market. Developing such products is a complex task that usually requires the integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines. In the field of new materials, developments that can be applied to assistive technology are constantly made. This work studies the collaboration between users and professionals from industrial design, engineering, human factors, and disability for the design of an all-terrain wheelchair. This product incorporates the use of magnesium alloys, a material with an excellent strength-to-weight ratio and good damping properties. With a human-centered design approach, tools such as interviews, focus groups, prototyping, and testing were used in several stages of the process. It allowed achieving a design that takes advantage of the properties of the new material and, at the same time, meets the mobility, stability and comfort requirements of the users.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Design practice
KW - Light alloys
KW - Product development
KW - User-centered design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067597763&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-20470-9_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-20470-9_9
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85067597763
SN - 9783030204693
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 75
EP - 82
BT - Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, 2019
A2 - Shin, Cliff Sungsoo
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, 2019
Y2 - 24 July 2019 through 28 July 2019
ER -