Prototyping, Testing, and Redesign of a Three-Wheel Trekking Wheelchair for Accessible Tourism Applications

This work is part of the project called “Gölem project”, started in 2017, about special devices developed to enable so-called Accessible Tourism. aims design and develop a trekking wheelchair for people with impaired mobility. After an initial phase prototyping, testing has now begun. The objective validate several aspects design, concerning basic kinematics dynamics, passenger comfort physical effort carriers. paper describes development qualitative tests drivability balance validation this first prototype. At stage, list features be investigated was made, suitable paths were chosen, experimental field performed. Then, prototype modified according these results, improve characteristics. undergoing modification phase, then further will performed use specific instrumental evaluate itself perform kinematic, dynamical, characterization.