First meeting preparations

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Problem statement and objectives
Researching the positive and negative effects that the application of autonomous mobility scooters for elderly and disabled people could pose for both the users and their environments.
The following objectives can be pursued:

• Ensuring safe usage of mobility scooters for those in need of the technology.
• Making the public aware of how they can behave around and assist scooter-users.
• Make sure that wheelchair-salesmen are aware of the potential dangers of their product and communicate these to their customers.
  

Who are the users?
The primary users in this research are both elderly and disabled people who are no longer capable of traveling on foot, either for long distances or permanently.
Secondary users could be current caretakers of the primary usergroup, whose job could end up less intensive. Also, family and friends of primary users can be positively affected by increased social contact.

What do they require?
The primary users require safe but efficient means of mobility throughout their daily lives. They need to be able to provide for themselves in terms of household management, grocery shopping, posting letters, visiting the doctor and various other tasks. Secondary users require some relief from helping their disabled friends or family. They could spend more fun-time with them if they are not required to help with daily tasks.

Approach, milestones and deliverables

Who's doing what?
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Currently, every teammember started out by looking up multiple articles and research papers that could be relevant for the project, in order to reach the amount of 25 we need according to the course manual. Also, we will all summarize our own findings on the wiki to enable the others to grasp the information in a timely manner.
The further task-division will be decided upon during our next meetup.