Purdue startup commercializes assistive wheelchair technology, develops first
  prototype
From: Purdue University - 10/15/2015

A Purdue startup is commercializing an assistive wheelchair technology that
could provide people with disabilities an efficient and easy-to-use method to
more easily position and remove an iPad or other mobile device without being
limited by a table or moving in and out of the chair. The company has
recently developed its first prototype.

The RoboDesk uses a motorized mount on a wheelchair that utilizes an arm to
deploy or retract a mobile electronic device such as a tablet or lightweight
notebook. The assistive tray's multifunctional design enables it to be used
for other purposes, such as a writing surface or meal tray.

Read the entire article and view a video (3:28) at:
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q4/purdue-startup-commercializes-assistive-wheelchair-technology,-develops-first-prototype.html

Links:
Purdue Institute of Accessible Science
http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/learningcenter/IASstudprog.php

For Wheelchair Users, A RoboDesk For Electronic Devices
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/05/19/477023614/for-wheelchair-users-a-robodesk-for-electronic-devices

Assistive wheelchair tray could help people with disabilities use iPads,
  other mobile devices more easily
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/assistive-wheelchair-tray-could-help-people-with-disabilities-use-ipads,-other-mobile-devices-more-easily.html

Prehensile Technologies
http://purduefoundry.com/default/startup-single/prehensile-technologies-llc

Prehensile Technologies (video 3:24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhLTE1EAtaQ

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