Rory A. Cooper, a disabled Army veteran, has spent most of his adult life trying to make life easier for people with disabilities. To fulfill that mission, he proposed and created the University of Pittsburgh s Human Engineering Research Laboratories, which he has headed since 1994.
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Ultra-Lightweight Intelligent Wheelchair Receives $1M as Winner of Mobility Unlimited Challenge is Announced
Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta Challenges, announces winner of $4 million global Mobility Unlimited Challenge in virtual event
Phoenix Instinct from the UK wins $1 million in prize money to help bring their Phoenix i wheelchair to market
The winner s announcement is a culmination of the three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge which saw innovators from around the world submit game-changing technologies to improve the lives of people with lower limb paralysis
Finalists included teams from the United States, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with devices ranging from a hybrid exoskeleton on wheels to a fleet of semi-autonomous electric devices to assist manual wheelchair users when travelling
UK firm Phoenix Instinct will receive funding to bring the wheelchair to market
The winner of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge has now been announced with Phoenix Instinct from the UK receiving $1 million (£734,775) to further develop their intelligent ultra-light carbon fibre wheelchair and bring it to market, with the aim of improving lives in the disability community.
The Toyota Mobility Foundation launched the global challenge in 2017 in partnership with British foundation Nesta, in a bid to drive innovation in the field of assistive technologies for people with lower-limb paralysis. The Challenge called for engineers, innovators, and designers from around the world to submit designs for devices, integrated with the latest technologies, to enhance the mobility and independence of users. Over 80 teams from 28 countries around the world entered.
Ultra-Lightweight Intelligent Wheelchair Receives $1M as Winner of Mobility Unlimited Challenge is Announced
TOKYO, Dec 18, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - The winner of the three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge has now been announced with Phoenix Instinct from the UK receiving $1 million to further develop their intelligent ultra-light carbon fiber wheelchair, bring it to market, and ultimately, transform millions of lives in the disability community for the greater good.
The Toyota Mobility Foundation, established by Toyota in 2014, launched the $4 million global challenge back in 2017 in partnership with Nesta Challenges, in a bid to drive innovation in the field of assistive technologies for people with lower-limb paralysis in a demonstration of Toyota s mission of Mobility for All and further vision of producing happiness for all.