Wheelchair users can hardly shop independently.
In this project, we build an autonomous shopping cart.
This follows the customer around the shop and enables
an independent shopping experience.
"I have someone who can help me but I also want to be independent. I don't want to have to rely on anybody. I want
to have the option of doing things myself." -Daniellability
For prototyping and testing our concept, we built two components. The first was the app, with which the user can reserve and enable the cart in front of the shop. The second one was the cart, which gives visual feedback and informs the user about his status (error, wait, etc.). With Arduino and Protopie we connected the
app with the cart and were able to test our concept. Due to the restricted time of this project we mainly focused on the check in / out process and the interaction
of the user with the cart.
The following video demonstrates the scenario
which the user experiences with our product.
