Forget the IBOT. I want one of these!

[KenWittlief]

YIKES! what a monster machine!

It looks very intimidating.

The text says it can go up and down stairs, but they dont show any photos or video of it on stairs. From the photo of it 1/3rd way up a curb, I cant see it taking on a real flight of stairs.

I think I would rather have an IBOT (if I needed a wheelchair).

The IBOT will go through snow, water, sand, gravel - its very compact, it will go up and down stairs in a stable manner

and you cant under estimate the importance of 'UP' mode, allowing a person to be at eye level with people who are standing.

If I were going to be strapped in a chair all day, I would prefer the quiet dignity of something that looks like an office chair (the IBOT) over something that looks like a cross between a Sherman tank and a Bombedeir Snow Cat.

[Bill_Hancoc]

I have to agree with ken...there is no way that that thing is going to get up a filght of stairs without a "wheelie bar" or some other anti-tip mechanism.

But that does not in any way remove my desire to own one.