Current options for alternative wheelchair propulsion devices are cumbersome, expensive, and dangerous if transfer from wheelchair to another device is required. Devices with chains are unreliable due to chain breakage or derailment. To combat these shortcomings, this project created a gear and drive shaft powered, attachable arm bike prototype. This project validates the concept of a chainless arm bike and lays the groundwork for future products that are more compact and less expensive than existing models.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McCann, Erin Ann
• Schwartz, Zoe
• Wood, Caraline R
• Bourassa, Heather Lynn
• Juarez, Kylie M

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032119-201536

Advisor

• Savilonis, Brian James

Year

• 2019

Date created

• 2019-03-21

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright