At the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials they've come up with a wheel that doesn't stay round in order to maximize ...

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 ...

At the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials they've come up with ... will go soft, allowing the wheel to overcome obstacles, like uneven pavement. These wheels can even climb stairs.

This is not your average wheelchair. Researchers in South Korea have developed what they claim is a world first: a shapeshifting ‘morphing’ wheel. The technology shifts between rigid and soft ...

Imagine a wheelchair equipped ... which can roll over obstacles up to 1.3 times the height of its radius. Inspired by the surface tension of water droplets, it goes from solid to fluid when ...