Rejuvenating Design

Peine, Alexander; Cooten, Vivette van; Neven, Louis

doi:10.1177/0162243916664589

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“…This difference might be (partially) due to the fact that the older adult participants in this study were unfamiliar with exoskeleton technology, whereas walkers are commonly used among this user group. Nevertheless, the introduction of the electric bicycle has illustrated that older adults can be early adopters of new technology and that public opinion can change over time-from a mobility aid for people with disabilities to a bike that helps people of all ages to cover longer distances with ease [23].…”

Section: Acceptance Of Exoskeleton Technology For Older Adultsmentioning

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What Do Older Adults and Clinicians Think About Traditional Mobility Aids and Exoskeleton Technology?

Jung

Ludden

2019

J. Hum.-Robot Interact.

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Mobility impairments can prevent older adults from performing their daily activities, which highly impacts quality of life. Powered exoskeletons, which are wearable robotic devices, can assist older adults by providing additional support to compensate for age-related decline in muscle strength. To date, little is known about the opinions and needs of older adults regarding exoskeletons, as current research primarily focuses on the technical development of exoskeleton devices and on groups with more severe mobility impairments such as people with spinal cord injuries. Therefore, the aim of this article is to inform the design of exoskeletons for older adults from a person-centered perspective. Interviews were conducted with seven older adults and six clinicians. Results indicated that exoskeletons can be a valuable addition to existing mobility devices to support older adults during walking and other actions necessary to perform their daily activities. Although reactions towards the concept of exoskeleton technology were positive, older adults did not currently perceive the need for an exoskeleton device. Exoskeletons for older adults should be easy to use; preferably, users should be able to put the device on and take it off independently. Moreover, the appearance of the exoskeleton should be as inconspicuous as possible, as most older adults do not like to advertise their need for assistive devices. At this point in time, the willingness to use exoskeleton technology will depend on personal needs and preferences.

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Section: Acceptance Of Exoskeleton Technology For Older Adultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Do Older Adults and Clinicians Think About Traditional Mobility Aids and Exoskeleton Technology?

Jung

Ludden

2019

J. Hum.-Robot Interact.

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“…And despite findings that e-bike trips can substitute trips by car and public transport, Kroesen (2017) suggests that e-bike ownership to date mostly substitutes conventional bike use. Nonetheless, e-bikes hold growing appeal to increasingly younger populations including students, commuters and parents, who carry children and groceries or travel long distances on a day-to-day basis (Stichting BOVAG-RAI Mobiliteit 2016;KiM 2016;Peine et al 2016;Plazier et al 2017). Considering the disproportionate impacts of motorized commuting on congestion and environmental pollution, transport officials are increasingly interested in the potential of e-bikes as a sustainable alternative for motorized commuting.…”

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“Cycling was never so easy!” An analysis of e-bike commuters' motives, travel behaviour and experiences using GPS-tracking and interviews

Plazier

Weitkamp

Berg

2017

Journal of Transport Geography

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The market for electrically-assisted cycling is growing fast. When substituting motorized travel, it could play an important role in the development of sustainable transport systems. This study aimed to assess the potential of e-bikes for low-carbon commuting by analysing e-bike commuters' motives, travel behaviour and experiences. We GPS-tracked outdoor movements of 24 e-bike users in the Netherlands for two weeks and used their mapped travel behaviour as input for follow-up in-depth interviews. Most participants commuted by e-bike, alternated with car use. E-bike use was highest in work-related, single-destination journeys. It gave participants the benefits of conventional cycling over motorized transport (physical, outdoor activity) while mitigating relative disadvantages (longer travel time, increased effort). The positive experience of e-bike explained the tolerance for longer trip duration compared to other modes of transportation. Participants were inclined to make detours in order to access more enjoyable routes. Results demonstrate that e-bikes can substitute motorized commuting modes on distances perceived to be too long to cover by regular bike, and stress the importance of positive experience in e-bike commuting. This provides impetus for future actions to encourage commuting by e-bike.

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“…In the 1890s, several patents were granted for electric bicycle engines. In 1895, Ogden Bolton was granted in the United States the patent (US Patent 552,271, 1895) for a bicycle battery with six brush poles, a DC collector and a hub motor mounted on the rear wheel [9]. In 1897, Hosea W. Libbey in Boston invented an electric bicycle (US Patent 547,441, 1895) that was powered by a double electric motor.…”

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The Electric Bicycle: Worldwide Research Trends

Salmerón-Manzano

Manzano‐Agugliaro

2018

Energies

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The bicycle has gone from being an old-fashioned recreational product to a less polluting means of transport and a compact, ultra-light personal mobility tool. This is how electrical bicycles will be used as the pillar that could support individual public transport in large cities worldwide. The objective of this manuscript is to detect how worldwide research on the electric bicycle is being developed, and, especially, around which scientific domains is it clustered, to finally identify the main trends in the field. This study has been carried out based on the Scopus database, where all the publications related to the topic of the electric bicycle have been analyzed up to the year 2017. Therefore, research on the global research trends of this topic was conducted. Its evolution over time shows that since 2008 the growth of publications is much higher than in the previous period. The main countries are China and the USA, and it can be inferred that there are two major trend countries with high environmental awareness, which also have a large population and that the electric bicycle is a suitable and sustainable form of transport. Among the main scientific fields, engineering leads in research. The keyword analysis shows that the central theme is electric, then battery and motor stand out. A community detection was applied to detect the six main clusters of this research, largely dedicated to the following topics: Transportation-Environment, Electrical Engineering, Safety, Batteries, Sporting Goods-Urban Planning, and Mechanical Engineering. This manuscript shows that global research trends about the electric bicycle are increasing, and that it should be considered a means of sustainable urban transport and will therefore contribute to energy saving and sustainable energy.

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Rejuvenating Design

Cited by 36 publications

References 60 publications

What Do Older Adults and Clinicians Think About Traditional Mobility Aids and Exoskeleton Technology?

What Do Older Adults and Clinicians Think About Traditional Mobility Aids and Exoskeleton Technology?

“Cycling was never so easy!” An analysis of e-bike commuters' motives, travel behaviour and experiences using GPS-tracking and interviews

The Electric Bicycle: Worldwide Research Trends

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