Most powered wheelchairs have at least two problems: they can't climb stairs, and the user has to remain in a single seated position. An experimental new robotic wheelchair, however, addresses ...

Learn More (By Jim Drury, Reuters) – An electric wheelchair that can climb most stairs, including spiral staircases, has been developed by Zurich-based students. The Scalevo Wheelchair can mount ...

The wheelchair can be seen in use, in the video below. Although it climbs stairs pretty slowly right now, the team hopes to ultimately attain a speed of one step per second.

Imagine a wheelchair that can climb or descend stairs. That's the basic idea behind the iBOT, a motorized wheelchair that has two sets of wheels that can climb stairs and handle more varied ...

An electric wheelchair that can climb most stairs, including spiral staircases, has been developed by Zurich-based students. The Scalevo Wheelchair can mount one stair per second and was designed ...

By creating a compliant wheel that conforms to the terrain around it, these engineers have created an early version of a wheelchair that can climb stairs and traverse rocky terrain. The wheels use ...

These wheels morph into new shapes to give wheelchair users the ability to ... These wheels can even climb stairs. Chinese Suspect Arrested for Flying Drone Over US Military Base Ford Mustang ...

While similar stair-climbing wheelchairs are already available, many of them ascend with their occupants facing backward, according to the company. Lifehub will offer 50 units of the launch ...

Song's team demonstrated to Reuters a prototype wheelchair mounted on morphing wheels as it climbed stairs with 18 cm steps with a life-size dummy sitting in it. The team has also tested a device ...

At CES 2023, WSJ’s Dalvin Brown explores the wide range of cutting-edge ideas for devices to make life easier for people with disabilities. Photo: Rami Abukalam LAS VEGAS—The smartphone ...