Another walking chair

Another mountable robot from Japan!

Waseda University in Tokyo and robotics company tmsuk build it last year to allow disabled people to climb up and down stairs and to assist the movement of heavy goods over uneven terrain.

WL-16 is an aluminium chair mounted on two sets of telescopic poles bolted to flat plates which act as feet.

The prototype is radio-controlled, but researcher plan to equip it with a joy stick-like controller for the user in future.

Via FutureWire < New Scientist.