As soon as you see “autonomous wheelchair” you think, “Well, of course.”
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
“Lidar-equipped autonomous wheelchairs roll out in Singapore and Japan.” The first is the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, or SMART wheelchair. “The robot’s computer uses data from three lidars to make a map. A localization algorithm then determines where the smart chair is on the map. The chair’s six wheels lend stability, and the chair is designed to make tight turns and fit through normal-size doorframes.”
“A second autonomous wheelchair recently premiered at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, designed by Panasonic and Whill, creator of the Model A Whill wheelchair, a sleek, high-tech wheelchair now on the market in Japan and the United States.”
Autonomous? It takes you where it thinks you should go?
I think it takes you where you want to go, but you don’t have to guide it there moment by moment.
The first thought I had was this anime I vaguely remember (it’s been at least 15 years since I saw it). Wikipedia implies it’s a thriller but I remember it being a comedy.
en.m.wikipedia.org – Roujin Z – Wikipedia