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| Research of Barrier-Free Technology at National Maritime Research Institute 
We need a wide technology of barrier-free fields, i.e.; personal used goods such as an automobile and living goods, and public service such as a railroad and an institution. The barrier-free technology has been grown with developments of welfare equipments. Many engineers and researchers support these technologies. The barrier-free research at National Maritime Research Institute focuses on the technology of ships and embarkation equipments, which is one of the public service. Our research is consist of a fundamental study, a human study and a study related to a ship sturucture. As the fundamental study, we have developed several experimental tools and have measured the dynamics of a wheelchair with using the most of our specialities. We think that their results will be useful considerably for the many fields of the barrier-free technology. We also think that the results of the human study and the study related the ship structure will be useful greatly for a ship building technology and a review of the technical standard of a barrier-free ship. We have a project plan of 4 years for the barrier-free technology. We hope that our barrier-free research will be spread to 'Human Study for All Passengers' based on the results of the 4 years project.
 Research Position of the Barrier-Free at NMRI |
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| Contact: okuzumi@nmri.go.jp, khirata@nmri.go.jp |