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First real world test of eyedrivomatic pure

A project log for Eye Controlled Wheelchair!

Open source system to drive powerchairs by eye movement alone - allowing independent mobility when use of a person's hands isn't an option.

patrick-joycePatrick Joyce 05/20/2015 at 08:110 Comments

Wow! Things are moving fast here. After my successful test of the eyegaze only version - eyedrivomatic pure, we decided it was time to test it in the real world, on someone who genuinely has only eye movement left. Luckily we have just such a person on our team - Steve. With the help of my carers, I built Steve an eyedrivomatic system, and posted it to him. This is the video of his first go.

The test highlighted a lot of shortcomings with the software, so thats the next job for team eyedrivomatic - a big software rewrite. When we've nailed that down, we'll put all the files up and do an instructable. There are thousands of people who would benefit from eyedrivomatic now straight away, and I want to help them all as soon as possible.

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