MSD II Final Review P 15044 Intelligent Mobility

MSD II Final Review P 15044 – Intelligent Mobility Cane 5/12/2015

Project Overview An Intelligent Mobility Cane, or “smart cane” is a cane designed for the visually impaired which can offer the user an increased ability to navigate their surroundings. Our goal was to build a smart cane that can alert the user of overhangs, objects, and dropoffs through haptic (vibration) feedback for less than $125. RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 2

Final Product $115 RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 3

Customer Needs Accurately detecting all objects (overhangs, obstacles, walls, and dropoffs) was of highest concern to the customer. RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 4

Benchmarking RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 5

Requirements Validation Requirement Flowdown RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 6

Requirements Validation Requirement S 3 will be validated by 5/15/2015. All other requirements have been addressed. 7 RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane

Risk Progression RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 8

Project Budget RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 9

Final Prototype Cost RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 10

Recommendations - Project RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane Most of our recommendations are related to manufacturing and customer preference. 11

Design Competition RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 12

Evaluation & Lessons RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 13

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Recommendations - Course RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 15

Questions? ? RIT MSD P 15044 –Intelligent Mobility Cane 16