Automatic wardrobe for blind people

Abstract

In the last years, the integration of handicapped individuals in society has gained significant attention and is being strongly stimulated by several activities. In this context, technology has major importance. Several technological solutions that help handicapped people in their daily routine, allowing their integration into society, have emerged. However, besides all efforts that have been made, still exist some challenges related to specific basic tasks in blind people’s daily routines. Namely, the management and identification of personal garments could become a complex and time-consuming task. For this specific task, these people depend on their relatives for choosing the exact clothes desired. In this way, and based on the problems presented, this paper proposes the development of an automatic wardrobe capable to assist blind people. This proposal is integrated in a work under development of a prototype of a mechatronic system for the choice and management of garments. The proposed solution seeks to provide an improvement in the quality of life of blind people.