iWalkActive is the winner of the AAL Award 2013. Together with partners from Switzerland, Austria and Sweden, AIT experts will equip an offroad-walker with a tablet and an e-drive system enabling people with mobility limitations to walk and hike in the nature.
The contest was held on 26 September during a plenary session of the AAL Forum in Sweden. For the first time, the voting system took into consideration also the public who was allowed to do was by casting their option in a voting box.
This award was intended to recognize the most promising project of the AAL Joint Programme that demonstrates great promise in terms of innovation, human-centric approaches to development and market potential. The competition was a three months process along a three steps selection, which was participated by 19 projects.
“iWalkActive - the active walker for active people” is a rollator system that enhances mobility of older adults in various surfaces and it is integrated with additional services, that together improve the user’s mobility in an enjoyable and motivating way. An existing outdoor walker is extended with an efficient, powerful e-drive, to be combined with ICT technology in order to offer seamless outdoor and indoor navigation and activity-oriented assistive services. The e-drive offers intuitive assistance when walking on flat ground and uphill stretches, and on downhill sections it controls the speed in order to prevent the walker from rolling away.
AIT project coordinator: Martin Morandell, Health&Environment Department
www.iwalkactive.eu