Toyota andDEKA Research and Development last week announced an agreement that will revive development of the iBot, a wheelchair that can climb stairs. The companies revealed their pact to develop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the Segway made him famous, inventor Dean Kamen had already spent decades revolutionizing medical devices: infusion pumps, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dean Kamen is the first to admit it. “From the day it came out, and from that day forward, I’ve been known as the Segway guy,” the ...

Before there was the Segway, inventor Dean Kamen introduced the iBOT, a revolutionary standing wheelchair that can climb stairs and lifts users up to standing height. The iBOT allowed people who were ...

The iBOT mobility system, called the Ferrari of wheelchairs, is now helping disabled users break through physical barriers. The iBOT can climb stairs, bump up curbs, glide through gravel and even ...

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When it was first introduced by Segway inventor Dean Kamen back in the early 2000's, the iBOT stair-climbing wheelchair gave greater vertical independence to people with disabilities. But not enough ...

In August, iBOT would have been celebrating its 10th birthday had not Johnson and Johnson quietly and without warning sold off the motorized wheelchair that promised to give the elderly and the ...

The iBot had a lot of people excited when it rolled onto the scene around 16 years ago. The motorized wheelchair was quite unlike any other, sporting special features that allowed the user to elevate ...

Toyota has partnered up with the inventor of the Segway to develop a wheelchair that can climb stairs, with a revamp of the iBot planned for market. Dean Kamen’s DEKA Research, which he developed ...

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The iBot motorized wheelchair was first unveiled back in 2001, but it still looks remarkably futuristic today. The device was created by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, and could climb stairs, raise users ...