Page 48 - Mobility Management, July/August 2021

LUCI’s drop-off protection coverage tends to work very well for users, but it is important to keep in mind several things when using LUCI:
• LUCI is not a replacement for wheelchair skills training.
• A power chair, like all motorized vehicles should be operated with an awareness of the dangers in the environments od use.
• LUCI’s sensors are not only the only ones in the industry, they are best-in-class in any industry; but just like all the sensors on cars, trains, and airplanes, that doesn’t mean that they can see everything.
• Sloped ground and high speeds cause momentum that can prevent LUCI from coming to a complete stop before colliding with a detected drop-off. Once LUCI detects anything, however, the driver will be ‘assisted’ in a response, by the slowing of the chair by LUCI.
LUCI does not apply emergency braking, in order to avoid tipping the chair and/or throwing the occupant in an avoidance maneuver. The wheelchair’s actual tip limit may be different from the manufacturer’s published limit due to seating assembly position, user weight, user positioning, attachments, or ground conditions. To help mitigate the effect of ground conditions, LUCI includes tip protection warnings to alert the user if they are driving on unsafe slopes. LUCI uses onboard IMU’s to notify the user with an audible warning beep and flashing light on the dashboard if the wheelchair is on a slope that is greater than the maximum recommended slope for the wheelchair based on the wheelchair manufacturer’s recommendations. As the slope becomes steeper the beeping becomes more insistent.
Tip Protection
The wheelchair’s actual tip limit may be different from the manufacturer’s published limit due to seating assembly position, user positioning, user weight, attachments on the chair like backpacks, etc., or ground conditions. To
help mitigate the effect of ground conditions, LUCI includes tip protection warnings to alert the user if they are driving on unsafe slopes. LUCI uses onboard IMU’s to notify the user with an audible warning beep and flashing light on the dashboard if the wheelchair is on a slope that is greater than the maximum recommended slope for the wheelchair based on the wheelchair manufacturer’s recommendations. As the slope becomes steeper the beeping becomes more insistent.
Tip Alert
Tip Alert
Warning Zone
Warning Zone
Safe Zone
Safe Zone