How’s this for a college project? The California Poly engineering program recently revealed a robotics creation it had been working on that will help surfers with disabilities access the water easier. According to an ABC7 report out of Los Angeles, the school teamed with AMP Surf and founder Dana Cummings to make the project come to life. AMP is a non-profit that runs adaptive surf clinics.
The hi-tech wheel chair is like an all-terrain, mini tank that allows surfers to get to the water, then out as well, all controlled by an ap on their phones. “When we bring folks to the beach that are in wheelchairs and stuff, they usually have a ton of people helping them get down to the water and everything else,” Cummings said. “This gives some independence back to those surfers.”
The project was spearheaded at the school by four engineering students. According to them, it isn’t quite finished and will continue to be refined in the coming years.
