Develop the aplication to the Horisont 2020, Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) for industrializing, testing and launching of an electric walker

Fall prevention is key to increase the individual's ability to independent living. Good health is also strongly correlated to being active. Today's walkers are a good tool to keep the user safe and preventing falls, enabling the user to retain an active life. However, there is a clear need to improve these walkers to make them safer and better suitable for a wider variety of tasks. With the current solutions, people often over use the brakes, because they are afraid the walker will role away causing them to fall. This cause tear and wear on the brakes and reduces the user's trust in the product, hence limiting the user's autonomy and activity level. Further, the bag on today's walkers offer little loading capacity with respect to volume. This limits the ability to use the walker for daily shopping of groceries etc. The embedded motorised wheels and a larger bag on the S-walkers makes it possible to transport more goods without the negative effects the extra weight creates for the user. A complex algorithm based on input from several sensors controls the motorised wheels. In practical life, this will aid the user when going uphill, turning and going downhill. Downhill the motors will brake automatically supplying additional safety to the user. A multiple of sensors will also give feed back to the user and/or ergo therapist on the user's position relative to the walker. This will help to use the product correctly. We are planning to conduct thorough user tests to get insight into the user benefit of the S-walker in daily life. This insight will be valuable in the impact and dissemination phase of the project and will be the basis of further improvements of rollator.