Researchers Seek to Help the Disabled with Intelligent Robotic Wheelchair From: University of Michigan Computer Science and Engineering Vulcan, the Roman God of fire, is believed to be the only Roman God with a disability. He was depicted of having crippled feet and some myths say that he built a wheelchair to help him move around and overcome the burdens of his disability. Vulcan, the intelligent robotic wheelchair, has a similar goal in mind, which is to help the elderly and those with disabilities effortlessly move around their environment. Prof. Ben Kuipers, CSE graduate student Collin Johnson, and researcher Dr. Jong Jin Park have created Vulcan, an intelligent robotic wheelchair. Vulcan learns the spatial structure of the environment it moves through and it uses that knowledge to plan and follow routes from place to place. Read the entire article and view a video (4:48) at: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2016/Vulcan_Robotic_Wheelchair.html Link: Ben Kuipers http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~kuipers