Abstract:
A study on the employment of disabled people as forklift truck drivers for cargo handling operations is here presented. The work focused on the design of a customized for...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
A study on the employment of disabled people as forklift truck drivers for cargo handling operations is here presented. The work focused on the design of a customized forklift and the development of a novel lift machine as aid for people with paraplegia. Results of a market research about the usefulness of such a system is presented and a novel robotic modified forklift simulator has been realized and described. A final testing session is introduced to assess the performances of disabled and non-disabled people during typical logistic task executions.
Published in: 22nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Date of Conference: 16-19 June 2014
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 20 November 2014
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