Development of Train-Boarding Assistance Device for Wheelchair

Keunyoung Kim; Hiroshi Kobayashi; Kenta Matsumoto; Takuya Hashimoto

doi:10.20965/jrm.2022.p0167

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JRM Vol.34 No.1 pp. 167-176

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0167

(2022)

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Development of Train-Boarding Assistance Device for Wheelchair

Keunyoung Kim, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kenta Matsumoto, and Takuya Hashimoto

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan

Received:

March 23, 2021

Accepted:

August 25, 2021

Published:

February 20, 2022

Keywords:

wheelchair, railway, train-riding device, without external power

Abstract

Wheelchair users require the assistance of station staff when boarding trains due to step differences and the gap between the platform and train. Therefore, they feel stressed in the movement with the train. In addition, the burden on station employees is increasing with the increasing number of wheelchair users at railway stations. In this study, an assistance device is proposed to address these challenges. This device can be used with any existing wheelchair, platform, and train and does not require external power sources, such as electricity. Using this device, a wheelchair user can board a train independently without assistance.

Train-boarding assistance device for wheelchair

Cite this article as:

K. Kim, H. Kobayashi, K. Matsumoto, and T. Hashimoto, “Development of Train-Boarding Assistance Device for Wheelchair,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.1, pp. 167-176, 2022.

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References

[1] Railway Passenger Service Policy Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “The Report of the improvement of wheelchair access environment in railways,” p. 4, 2018 (in Japanese).
[2] S. Takeshi, S. Tsunoda, and T. Nakagawa, “Development of wheelchair mobility support robot in station,” JR East Technical Review, No.33, pp. 51-54, 2010 (in Japanese).
[3] T. Hosaka and T. Imamura, “Basic design and analysis of boarding and alighting assistance device for passenger on wheelchair at railway use,” Proc. of the 2018 JSME Conf. on Robotic and Mechatronics, No.18-2, June 2018 (in Japanese).

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[1] [1] Railway Passenger Service Policy Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “The Report of the improvement of wheelchair access environment in railways,” p. 4, 2018 (in Japanese).

[2] [2] S. Takeshi, S. Tsunoda, and T. Nakagawa, “Development of wheelchair mobility support robot in station,” JR East Technical Review, No.33, pp. 51-54, 2010 (in Japanese).

[3] [3] T. Hosaka and T. Imamura, “Basic design and analysis of boarding and alighting assistance device for passenger on wheelchair at railway use,” Proc. of the 2018 JSME Conf. on Robotic and Mechatronics, No.18-2, June 2018 (in Japanese).