The scope of the willchair project, from its very beginning, was left intentionally broad and unfocused aiming at having the students find their way in the complex world of assistive technologies for mobility impaired people. Students have been encouraged to apply a User Centered Design approach in order to change the project paradigm starting from user needs rather than market requests. The complex context of disability is characterized by the presence of different players around the end user, e.g., National Health Service, care providers, assistive technology producers, hosting facilities as well as user relatives and assistants. Starting from the Sim-patia case study, Fumagalli competencies, Infosolution technological advice and involving users, the three teams have applied the user centered approach focussing on completely different aspects of the multifaceted willchair challenge.
Principal Academic Tutor
Matteo Matteucci
Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
Academic Tutors
Basilio Bona
Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Andrea Bonarini
Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
Fiammetta Costa
Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and fashion, Politecnico di Milano
Marina Indri
Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Davide Migliore
Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
Maximiliano Romero
Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and fashion, Politecnico di Milano
External institution
Infosolution spa
Fumagalli srl
Sim-patia
External Tutors
Giovanni De Salvo
Infosolution spa
Andrea Cazzaniga
Fumagalli srl
Marzio Ghezzi
Sim-Patia
Team members
TEAM A
Stefano Baglio, Automation Engineering
Giancarlo Mantovani [Team controller], Automation Engineering
Edoardo Serpelloni, Space Engineering
Irene Taurino, Biomedical Engineering
TEAM B
Gabriele Cepile, Automation Engineering
Enrico Mattiazzi [Team controller], Mechanical Engineering
Devis Peressutti, Biomedical Engineering
Laura Piscicelli, Product-Service System Design
Wilbert Samuel Rossi [Project Communication Coordinator], Physical Engineering
TEAM C
César Di Filippo [Team controller], Industrial Engineering and Management
Eleonora Maggioni, Biomedical Engineering
Michela Perrini, Biomedical Engineering
Domenico Petrella, Electronic Engineering
Francesco Rinaldi, Mechanical Engineering