Objective
RAID is a robot workstation developed during the TIDE pilot phase to enable wheelchair-based computer users handle office materials and equipment. The EPI-RAID project aims to widen the potential user base and improve the performance of the system based on specifications derived from extensive user trials.
The original RAID workstation was intended to allow a wheelchair user with very limited movement to undertake a normal computer-based office job such as CAD or DTP, using the robot to handle documents, turn pages, service peripheral equipment such as scanners, staplers, copiers and computer disks, and present refreshments. Trials with this system showed that users were generally enthusiastic about the concept but required more functionality and reliability so that the robot could be used in a domestic environment on a wider range of tasks. In addition, the user group needed to be increased by broadening the range of disabilities which the RAID user interface could accommodate. EPI-RAID is planned to realise and test these improvements by building three enhanced systems for testing at different rehabilitation centres in France, Sweden and the UK. The end result will be a specification and demonstrator of a workstation able to meet the vocational and leisure requirements of a substantial cross section of physically disabled computer users.
Technical Approach : The project is divided into 6 work packages: WP1 and 2 involve the construction and assessment of an upgraded version of the workstation, known as RAID1A, embodying a series of enhancements based on earlier trial results. Three systems will be built to enable user trials to take place in rehabilitation centres in different countries. In parallel with this activity, a series of technical feasibility studies, WP4A, will be carried out to identify the best engineering options for implementing more far-reaching hardware and software improvements identified by users. In addition a market research programme, WP6, will assemble a panel of user centres embracing the EU who will be asked to provide local input into the required specification for the full upgrade. These three strands, trials results, technical options and market research, will be combined to derive a specification for the new version to be known as RAID2, which will be built and assessed during WP's 4B and 5.
Impact and Expected Results : The result of the EPI-RAID project will be a specification and three demonstrator versions of an upgraded workstation to enable a wide variety of physically disabled users to undertake the manipulative tasks required to undertake a computer-based vocational or leisure activity with a high level of independence. In addition, a marketing plan and commercialisation agreement will provide a mechanism by which the concept can be converted into a product for sale throughout the Union in a short time scale. The first version of the RAID workstation has already achieved limited commercial sales, and the development of RAID2 will enable a wide cross section of disabled users to have access to computer based tasks for vocational and leisure pursuits.
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United Kingdom
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