22-05-2016, 18:26
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Engineering Program Management
VRC #8081 (STEMRobotics)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Delaware
Posts: 1,392
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Dean Kamen and Toyota building better wheelchairs
Toyota Teaming With Segway Inventor Kamen on Better Wheelchairs
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Toyota Motor Corp. said it will work with Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway human transporter, to develop advanced wheelchairs for disabled people and aging populations worldwide.
The agreement announced Saturday gives the world’s largest automaker a license to use balancing technology that Kamen has installed in prior generations of wheelchairs for medical rehabilitative therapy and other purposes. The agreement will also help Kamen introduce a new version of his iBOT wheelchair, which used two sets of powered wheels to walk up and down stairs and help disabled people stand face-to-face with companions. Kamen stopped selling the iBOT in 2009.
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