Sistema prototipo para el control de vehículos eléctricos orientado a personas con fuerza reducida en las manos

Abstract

In 2016, according to data from the Colombian Fund for High Cost Diseases, in Colombia, 69 entities have reported 68,247 cases of rheumatoid arthritis [1], this disease is autoimmune and affects mainly the cartilage, bones, tendons and ligaments of the joints. It is important to generate projects that integrate daily activities such as the ability to drive an electric vehicle in order to improve the quality of life of those suffering from this disease in their hands, this is where social entrepreneurship is responsible for reducing inequality, inclusion It is a pillar in the development of high impact projects. The development of this work was divided into different phases, the first of which was the implementation of the prototype platform that simulates parameters of electric vehicles for acceleration, steering and braking tests. which made different tests coupling with the driving surface that is based on orders from the position of the hands. For the second phase the traceability of the driving surface is analyzed with the positioning of the hands and the integration of the sensors. The system is parameterized with the other devices, the next phase in which the instrumentation is implemented with the necessary sensors and actuators to implement the tests in the platform, and in the last phase the control tests are designed and carried out with the fieldbus and the integration of the different devices analyzing the reliability of the data, achieving the stability of the proposed information as an objective. Finally, tests are carried out on the finished system where machine times of the driving orders are checked with respect to the actuators used in the platform, control behavior, and also to verify successes and failures that could be the basis for future research work.