DireenTech has an exciting role in a wonderful project sponsored by the US Air Force. As part of the NeuroGroove Engineering team, we worked with FalconWorks and Falci Adaptive Biosystems to design and build a comfortable and intuitive control system that gives people with quadriplegia more independence. The operator uses a COTS Recon Jet headset to control a Permobil electric wheelchair.
- Phase one used the headset in a race car simulator. The car is controlled by tilting the head in the appropriate direction.
- Phase two uses the headset to control a Permobil electric wheelchair, connected through an Android interface.
- Phase three brings the control system to a race car; see Adaptive Technologies.
The control system we designed is reliable, comfortable, and intuitive. Read more on the NeuroGroove project page.