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Wow, this thing is incredibly badass. It puts my current chair to shame :lol:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik286spRM1w[/YOUTUBE]
 
It needs some suspension on there but otherwise it's super badass. I'll take 3 (because I want to be lazy).
 
That thing is just ten kinds of awesome. How much does it cost, and why didn't someone think of that sooner?
 
All the R&D was in the military before now. I assume it's based off some sort of military unmanned vehicle.
 
TerranCmdr said:
All the R&D was in the military before now. I assume it's based off some sort of military unmanned vehicle.
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Indeed, those Israelis sure do know their anti-terror robotics tech.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rWfq6pX34&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luX_0Ek8cqc&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naccztNpDZU&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]

It basically combines the capabilities of both a wheel and a track (ie. tank), providing the advantages of both along with some innovative side-effects, such as climbing just about any obstacle, even vertical, in its path.
 
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TerranCmdr said:
All the R&D was in the military before now. I assume it's based off some sort of military unmanned vehicle.
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The going up stairs thing, maybe, but not the rest of it. The fact that it can lower a person all the way to the floor or raise them into a standing position? That was clearly designed with a person in mind.

In fact, I know someone this would be perfect for. I think I'll email his wife that video.
 
KaJuN said:
But with that chair you'll no longer be confused by stairs...
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heh, well, these vids below show my current methods of attacking stairs, and let me tell you, it isn't exactly fun. MUCH, MUCH harder than it looks. These guys have some serious upper body strength and balance skills from doing this on a regular basis. I usually have someone get behind and help pull me up, but even that sucks. I've had some pretty good spills :D

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP-gMQ3V4Ok[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRgiz2a3Njs[/YOUTUBE]
 
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What about the iBot? It's from the same people who make the Segway, except it's actually useful.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RhmvxcpfI[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39JWZUcDbL0[/YOUTUBE]
 
BlaRo said:
What about the iBot? It's from the same people who make the Segway, except it's actually useful.
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Thanks for posting those man. I remember seeing that on 60 minutes or something like that before, but couldn't remember the name of the chair.
 
About two weeks ago I was at Disneyland and we saw an older gentleman in the iBot chair going up the handicap ramp with the wheels on top of each other. The iBot looks much better than the Galileo chair p:
 
ChelsDS said:
The iBot looks much better than the Galileo chair p:
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You got to admit the treads on the Galileo are pretty sweet though. Any chair that resembles a tank is ace in my book :cool:
 
Well, unfortunately the iBot was discontinued in January of this year.....not that very many people could really afford one anyway since they retailed at $25,000 USD :(
 
You just need a mechsuit with a neural interface.
 
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