GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) -- A wheelchair that climbs stairs, shifts into four-wheel drive to scoot up hills and even raises occupants to standing height is a step closer to the U.S. market. Advisers to ...

In a new BBC Northern Ireland documentary, filmmaker and wheelchair user Chris Lynch asks what the future of mobility looks ...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay ...

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 ...

Stair-climbing wheelchair robotics represents a transformative convergence of advanced mechanical design, sensor integration and adaptive control systems aimed at enhancing mobility for individuals ...

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 go ...

Johnson & Johnson has quietly pulled the nation’s first stair-climbing wheelchair from the market, following years of tepid sales. A half decade ago, physicians praised IBOTs for their ability to give ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs bought the chairs for a limited number of disabled soldiers.Yet bythe end of 2006, Medicare had concluded that the stair-climbing function and other features — ...