Overview
- The prototype, detailed Monday by several outlets, picks up and carries everyday items like medicine, books, and cups for users with limited leg mobility.
- Built at IPN’s UPIITA, it uses omnidirectional wheels and a SCARA arm with a gripper to reach objects between 60 centimeters and one meter high.
- The team tested control with a volunteer who has congenital muscular atrophy in the legs and adapted operation to a video‑game controller the user can handle by hand.
- Two cameras and four ultrasonic sensors provide a live view on a phone, and ROS‑2 software, a common robotics platform, with Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi supports navigation, mapping, and object recognition.
- Motors powered by two 12‑volt lead‑acid batteries give about 12 hours of use, and the students present it as a working prototype to expand access to assistive tech in Mexico.