APU students engineer innovative wheelchair

Worthy winners: Chua (seated) posing with the prototype, together with (from left) Wong, Vickneswari, Chun and Lee.

With the aim of easing challenges faced by hospital workers in transporting immobile patients, four students from Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) devised an autonomous wheelchair prototype as their Group Design Project (GDP).

Their innovative solution has won recognition at the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) Integrated Design Project Short Video Competition 2022.