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HRI Smart Move Internship

A robotic walker that supports dementia patients.

Duration

Ongoing

Industry

Robotics

Skills

Solidworks, Keyshot, Figma

HRI Smart Move Internship

A robotic walker that supports dementia patients.

Duration

Ongoing

Industry

Robotics

Skills

Solidworks, Keyshot, Figma

An assistive robotic walker designed to support sit-to-stand, guided mobility, and fatigue relief for people living with dementia.
The Client.
The Client.
People living with dementia often need mobility support that goes beyond balance. They may struggle with initiating movement, interpreting direction, fatigue, and transitioning safely between sitting and standing.

In care environments, staff also need tools that reduce physical burden while maintaining patient dignity.
People living with dementia often need mobility support that goes beyond balance. They may struggle with initiating movement, interpreting direction, fatigue, and transitioning safely between sitting and standing.

In care environments, staff also need tools that reduce physical burden while maintaining patient dignity.
People living with dementia often need mobility support that goes beyond balance. They may struggle with initiating movement, interpreting direction, fatigue, and transitioning safely between sitting and standing.

In care environments, staff also need tools that reduce physical burden while maintaining patient dignity.
The “Hearts and Minds” facility in San Jose has dealt with this.
This internship explored these issues on a more broad level, involving research from anthropology, mechanical engineers, and occupational therapy.
Inadequate navigation tools.
Walkers become stagnant unused medical furniture that sit on the sides of rooms.
How might we help people living with dementia stand, orient, and walk with less uncertainty, while reducing physical burden on caregivers?

How might we help people living with dementia stand, orient, and walk with less uncertainty, while reducing physical burden on caregivers?

The mechanical engineering team worked on creating a working prototype that embodied the features we came up with.

The mechanical engineering team worked on creating a working prototype that embodied the features we came up with.

A new aesthetic direction prompted some new, but quick sketches.

Meet

levra

A supportive robotic walker that maneuvers reliably.

Fixate Tonometer

A supportive robotic walker that maneuvers reliably.

The armrest houses pressure sensors that prompt the entire top section to move with the user.

The armrest houses pressure sensors that prompt the entire top section to move with the user.

Sensing a full environment.
Levra utilizes a Realsense array of sensors, a rotating Lidar, and two inner facing DoF sensors to navigate a busy facility.
Two sets of projectors that unveil the path that the client is following.
Two sets of projectors that unveil the path that the client is following.
A large emergency stop (e-stop) button for a caretaker or client to press if they need to stop.
A large emergency stop (e-stop) button for a caretaker or client to press if they need to stop.
Two deadstop buttons for prompting an emergency stop, if the user wants.
Two deadstop buttons for prompting an emergency stop, if the user wants.
Contact charging to a wall mounted charging dock allows Levra to return and power up when needed, on its own.
Contact charging to a wall mounted charging dock allows Levra to return and power up when needed, on its own.
Omnidirectional wheels allow the robot to navigate smartly.
Paired with two time of flight (ToF) sensor modules to help move around obstacles.