WASHINGTON -- Stairs are about to become less of an obstacle for some of the nation's 2 million wheelchair users. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a wheelchair that literally can ...

Toyota seems to have turned that imagination into reality. At the Japan Mobility Show 2025, the company unveiled Walk Me — a four-legged robotic chair that quite literally walks.

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 ...

Each leg can bend in multiple ways, lift, and move independently of the others to ensure that stability is maintained ...

When climbing stairs, the front legs first test the height and pull the chair up, while the rear legs push their weight upward. Sensors and LiDAR systems continuously scan the surroundings, allowing ...

At the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials they've come up with a wheel that doesn't stay round in order to maximize mobility. These wheels morph into new shapes to give wheelchair users the ...

Researchers out of Japan’s Chiba Institute of Technology have developed a robotic wheelchair that can cruise along paved surfaces and easily climb stairs. Researchers have developed a wheelchair ...