Published on October 2018 | mechanical engineering

REVIEW ON MODIFIED VEHICLES FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE

In our daily life, we have seen various types of tri-cycles and tri-wheeled vehicles used by the disabled peoples for their locomotion from one place to another. There are several newly developed tri-wheeled vehicles for physically challenged people, which will be operated by manual, electrical and motorized modes. The most commonly used handicapped tri-cycle are driven by the manual mode of operation by the use of paddle, but this vehicle provides discomfort to the handicapped persons through weakness in their body and due to their lack of physical fitness in all period of time. Hence, in order to reduce those difficulties various types of moped and modified scooter like vehicles are introduced, which are in the form of semi or fully automated mode of construction and working for their better increase in the comfort for their transportation. This paper overviews the implementation of new conceptual ideas and technologies on handicapped vehicles for the betterment in the preexisting vehicle models for differently abled people and we hope this will be helpful for the further manipulation in developments and provide the guide line for the new innovations in automotive for the physically challenged people.