Project Inspiration & Overview

The goal of this group project was to celebrate the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act by improving an existing product for easier use by a user population with a specific disability. Starting off by choosing a product and user group, my partner and I began thinking of ideas to improve an electric scooter for those with hand and wrist tendonitis.

Making use of our user survey results and the design table derived from them, we pursued the idea of reducing the gripping force required while braking by incorporating a brake pedal. In order to make production as cheap and easy as possible, we decided to integrate our pedal design into the existing cable braking system shown below.

For our analysis of the final product, we used both SolidWorks FEA and hand stress calculations which influenced our material selection and production method for each component. In addition, we also completed part drawings with Geometric Dimensions & Tolerances and a Bill Of Materials as well as a cost analysis of the final product.

For more information, read the final report by downloading a pdf at the link below.