P16012: All-Terrain Walker

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An All-Terrain Walker assists a disabled or elderly person navigate soft or changing ground conditions and travel over obstacles that are found on a hiking trail. This device eliminates the need for someone else to push or carry the client over rough terrain, thus making them more independent of others. Walkers have been around since the '70s, but none of them can traverse a hiking trail and changing ground conditions. The goals of this project are to design a walker to be capable of maneuvering moderate to difficult terrain. The expected end results are a working prototype, that is safe, durable, light weight and easy to store and transport. In addition, the walker should have some type of braking system and interchanging wheels. The resulting design and prototype need to cost similar to already existing all-terrain walkers and maintain the user's independence. Read through the Project Readiness Package for more details.	Project Name All-Terrain Walker Project Number P16012 Project Family Biomedical Systems and Technologies Track Start Term 2151 (Fall 2015) End Term 2155 (Spring 2016) Faculty Guide Charlie Tabb, ctabb@rochester.rr.com Primary Customers Adam Podolec, afp6879@rit.edu Yolegmma Marquez, yim7580@rit.edu Sponsor (financial support) Al Sigl Community of Agencies The Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Team Members

From left to right: Maxine Laroche, Angelica Hambrecht, Justin Kibler, and Nate Watts

Member	Major	Contact
Angelica Hambrecht	Mechanical Engineer	amh2970@rit.edu
Maxine Laroche	Industrial & Systems Engineer	mxl2355@rit.edu
Justin Kibler	Mechanical Engineer	jrk4402@rit.edu
Nathaniel Watts	Mechanical Engineer	njw4295@rit.edu
Kurtis Unruh-Kracke	Industrial Design	kwu9144@rit.edu
Tatiana Ferrucio Ferreira	Industrial Design	txf1725@rit.edu

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Acknowledgements

The All-Terrain Walker Team would like to thank the following people and organizations for their guidance and contributions:

Tatiana Ferrucio Ferreira, Kurtis Unruh-Kracke and others from the RIT Industrial Design department
Katherine Johnson and others from the RIT Business department
Al Sigl Community of Agencies
Charlie Tabb
Adam Podolec
Austin Zhercher
Yolegmma Marquez
Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tobi Berrett
Kerrie Gieson

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