An electric wheelchair that can scale stairs while facing forwards has helped disabled wheelchair user Ng Cho Yu win silver in the inaugural Cybathlon, the world’s first Olympics for bionic athletes.
A group of undergraduate students and faculty members at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology developed the wheelchair in less than eight months. At the Cybathlon contest, held in Zurich, the multifunctional wheelchair helped Ng navigate through six kinds of obstacles including...
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