https://github.com/chinarjoshi/visual-aid-transducer
Navigate the world with haptic feedback for visually impaired people
https://github.com/chinarjoshi/visual-aid-transducer
adafruit-motor-shield arduino ultrasonic-sensors
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Navigate the world with haptic feedback for visually impaired people
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/chinarjoshi/visual-aid-transducer
- Owner: chinarjoshi
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-02-18T01:55:51.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-06-20T01:13:10.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-26T14:49:01.298Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: adafruit-motor-shield, arduino, ultrasonic-sensors
- Language: C++
- Homepage:
- Size: 40.5 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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Visual Aid Transducer
Navigate the world easier for visually impaired people
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Table of Contents
## About The Project
### Inspiration
One of our team member's grandparents has become visually impaired, so we had the idea to create a wearable gadget to help people like him navigate the world. This project was submitted to Lemelson-MIT Inventeam, a national competition to create an innovation to benefit society.
### What it does
This is a wearable gadget that transduces the distance of obstacles to haptic feedback in order to better visualize one's surroundings.
### How we built it
The device consists of 3 main parts: a 3D printed cast to hold the electronics in the shape of a neckband, an arduino circuit to combine ultrasonic sensors, haptic feedback motors, and the microcontroller, and finally the program to create the actual function.
### Challenges we ran into
There was initial difficulty coordinating all parts of the project. In the end, we learned effective communication skills and gained experience in the prototyping cycle.
### Accomplishments that we're proud of
We successfully created and prototyped a device that helps visually impaired people navigate the world, which has the potential to benefit society.
### Built With
* [Arduino](https://arduino.cc)
* [Adafruit Motorshield](https://adafruit.com/product/1438)
## Usage
Once the battery pack is connected and the driver program is uploaded, the motors will automatically begin to vibrate based on one's distance to their surroudings.
_For more examples, please refer to the [Documentation](https://github.com/chinarjoshi/visual-aid-transducer)_
## License
Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for more information.
## Contact
Chinar Joshi - [email protected] - [Linkedin](https://linkedin.com/in/chinar-joshi-905493207/)
Project Link: [Github](https://github.com/chinarjoshi/visual-aid-transducer/issues)
## Acknowledgements
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Front view:
Back View:
Side View:
Demonstration of functionality as distances are output to serial monitor:
View of the internals comprising of ultrasonic sensors and DC motors:
3D printed ultrasonic sensor cast:
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