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The iBot is an advanced robotic wheelchair. It allows users to get up curbs and go up and down stairs. It can also raise its seat so the user can reach higher spots or talk at eye level with a standing person.
Dean Kamen, founder of DEKA Research, invented the iBot after seeing a man in a wheelchair struggling to go up a curb to enter a mall. |
The iBot was a precursor to Dean Kamen's famous Segway human transporter. |
During development, the iBot's code name was Fred Upstairs, after Fred Astaire, because it was agile and capable of climbing stairs. |