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007 / 2024

wheelchair 360° camera mount

  • Arduino
  • C

if you drive your chair with your head, you should be able to aim a camera with it too.

WHAT IT IS

An assistive prototype that lets a wheelchair user aim a camera that turns all the way around, hands-free, using the head-array controls they already use to drive. The camera sits on a mount that comes off when it isn't needed.

WHY IT EXISTS

It was an engineering design project built around an accessibility problem: almost every camera rig assumes you have a free hand.

MY PART

The firmware, the wiring and the mount. I programmed the Arduino to turn head-array signals into camera commands, connected it to the camera over Bluetooth, and put the physical and electronic parts together.

THE INTERESTING PART

Having an actual physical prototype made the testing pretty different from a web app. I had to check how quickly the camera responded to inputs and whether the Bluetooth connection stayed reliable.