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Robotic wheelchair from Chiba Tech turns wheels into legs and climbs over steps #DigInfo

Robotic wheelchair from Chiba Tech turns wheels into legs and climbs over steps
http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0174-r-en.php

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28/9/2012 H.C.R.2012

Chiba Institute of Technology
RT-Mover P-type

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24 responses to “Robotic wheelchair from Chiba Tech turns wheels into legs and climbs over steps #DigInfo”

  1. lancedna Avatar
    lancedna

    BRAVO! love it? how …
    BRAVO! love it? how they combine tech to improve the lives of the disabled. BRAVO!

  2. Keith Chan Avatar
    Keith Chan

    but the normal …
    but the normal stairs? are longer and have smaller flat surface.

  3. wow85 Avatar
    wow85

    This looks awesome, …
    This looks awesome, but what happens if a wheel breaks while your out shopping. I mean if a wheel breaks while your out, the wheel chair has just become handicapped because how could it? operate as a 3-wheeler than.

  4. m0a0post Avatar
    m0a0post

    The iBOT wheelchair …
    The iBOT wheelchair can climb staircases curbs etc(check the wiki, guess you cant post links here). ? It is a shame that it was discontinued.

  5. m0a0post Avatar
    m0a0post

    Hmm this doesnt …
    Hmm this doesnt look new:
    Reference:
    The? iBOT is a powered wheelchair developed by Dean Kamen.

  6. Lyke Basilio Avatar
    Lyke Basilio

    Okay gentlemen, …
    Okay gentlemen, add? two .50 cal in both sides and we’re good to go.

  7. ArturoDezaPeru Avatar
    ArturoDezaPeru

    Bieber fans? …
    Bieber fans? …

  8. midstarify Avatar
    midstarify

    wow this looks? …
    wow this looks? awesome !

  9. Marcelo de Andrade Avatar
    Marcelo de Andrade

    Not in? America, in …
    Not in? America, in USA!

  10. gthreesix Avatar
    gthreesix

    That way? more …
    That way? more people can enjoy the technology after the war.

  11. epualc Avatar
    epualc

    those are not? like …
    those are not? like comun stairs !

  12. Bantal700 Avatar
    Bantal700

    fuckyeah,? now i …
    fuckyeah,? now i can get my own AT-AT

  13. Jesse Riley Avatar
    Jesse Riley

    So I’m playing this …
    So I’m playing this game called Awesomenauts. I can’t help but? imagine this character named “Derpl” when I see this.

  14. Dave Gallant Avatar
    Dave Gallant

    2 dislikes?? Why?
    2 dislikes?? Why?

  15. pinoypride800 Avatar
    pinoypride800

    We dont need wheel …
    We dont need wheel chairs, we will ride? on Tachikoma from Ghost in the sell.

  16. mcsdaver Avatar
    mcsdaver

    Super cool.
    ?
    Super cool.
    ?

  17. Julián Santa Ana Avatar
    Julián Santa Ana

    so everywhere there …
    so everywhere there is a different route to get to a place without using stairs? dont? think so.

  18. imbasit995 Avatar
    imbasit995

    great invention.. …
    great invention.. just hops its affordable to the people who need it?

  19. smileinglasgow Avatar
    smileinglasgow

    when i saw a wheel …
    when i saw a wheel chair that could climb stairs i thought it was something? that could walk up a stair case not just single steps

  20. MrDrasLeona Avatar
    MrDrasLeona

    this is a? great …
    this is a? great guy with a clear purpose. i love it. the concept is awesome, need to work out the kinks and knacks of being able to store it and bring it in a car.

  21. MrJekyllDrHyde1 Avatar
    MrJekyllDrHyde1

    ..or for moving …
    ..or for moving fat? people 🙂

  22. Aleksandr Panin Avatar
    Aleksandr Panin

    Tachikoma prototype …
    Tachikoma prototype? :D?

  23. BobCat981 Avatar
    BobCat981

    and thumbs down? if …
    and thumbs down? if you didn’t?

  24. BobCat981 Avatar
    BobCat981

    I have always …
    I have always admired Japan and Japanese people! So inventive… They are the ones who write our? future!

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