Adapted RC Car Integration Activity

This adapted activity was designed to be a co-operative activity that an individual with very limited mobility can do with a peer. Integrated activities with individuals who have limited motility can be a challenge and are often unbalanced because their peer often has to take on guiding role for the individual to be successful. With the adapted RC car both individuals work at the same level.

The activity consists of an RC car that has it's forward button on the controller adapted to an assistive switch. The individual with limited mobility presses the switch to propel the car and their peer controls the steering of the car with the other buttons on the controller.

Adapting the controller is a project for people with a fairly good knowledge of circuitry or the adventurous like me who simply short circuited every soldering point I could find until the car sprang to life. Once I found the two points that made the car go forward I soldered speaker wire to the points and connected them to a 1/4 inch mini jack. I also chose a car that had a controller with buttons instead of analog controls because I wasn't sure if I could short circuit the analog sticks. This is what I came up with:










Here are some videos of the car in action: