These wheels morph into new shapes to give wheelchair ... wheel will go soft, allowing the wheel to overcome obstacles, like uneven pavement. These wheels can even climb stairs.
The wheelchair uses rubber tracks and it can tackle stairs with a slope of up to 34 degrees. Users control it with a joystick. The creators are crowdfunding on Patreon, and hope to market this new ...
A wheelchair user who crawled down metal steps ... He was travelling with his brother who offered to carry him down the stairs but Mr Keogh declined as he felt that would be too dangerous.
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 ...