Monthly Archives: December 2017

Grit Freedom Chair – The all-terrain wheelchair

Posted on December 31, 2017 by kazr

Typical standard manual wheelchairs have large rear wheels with an extended rim called the hand-rims allowing the user to self-propel. However, it is difficult to push on unpaved roads or grassy fields. MIT R&D and their students started the initial … Continue reading →

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