For several years designers have been playing around with lots of different engineering tricks to give wheelchairs the ability to move up and down stairs. We've seen many innovative designs, from the ...

The ultimate in assistive mobility, Scewo’s Bro is the only self-balancing wheelchair able to rise up and climb stairs. This two-wheeled personal electric vehicle is delightfully intuitive to maneuver ...

A group of five masters students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Zurich University of the Arts developed a self-balancing wheelchair that is capable of climbing stairs. Called Scewo ...

The Balgrist campus is bustling with activity. After ten months and countless technical changes, the revised wheelchair from the Scewo team is ready for its first test drive. With one eye on the ...

A revolutionary new wheelchair which will allow users to safely climb staircases could soon hit the market. The Scewo chair uses rubber tracks to navigate staircases, and the tracks' rigid base means ...

Scewo, a medtech company from Switzerland, has launched a pioneering technology for wheelchair users that has recently been approved as a medical aid in Germany. According to a report from EU Startups ...

Wheelchairs and staircases have never been compatible technologies. That's kept wheelchair users from achieving social inclusion - until now. The Scewo wheelchair can tackle staircases and boost ...

The Swiss engineering students behind the Scalevo wheelchair improved the model to create "Scewo," the latest prototype. The wheelchair uses rubber tracks and it can tackle stairs with a slope of up ...

A stair-climbing wheelchair beat many other stylish and sophisticated entries to take this year's Beazley transport design of the year award. BBC Future talks to its creators. The design of the ...

Cities are difficult to navigate at the best of times, but for people with disabilities they can be like an obstacle course and a maze wrapped into one. A UK national travel survey found that adults ...