Scalevo - The Stairclimbing Wheelchair - ETH Zurich 

Lots of people are complaining that this thing is slow, but imagine if you are not physically capable of walking, "rushing" to any places is probably the least of your concern! Keep up the good work Scalevo!

The look of joy on his face brought tears to my eyes. That could be any of us, at any time. And when he popped up to look at the view! Amazing!

This is AMAZING!!! A person that needs to go up or down stairs that for whatever reason isn't able to, this is a lifesaver! This would enable someone to go to museums, parks, homes, any place that isn't wheelchair friendly or requires another person pushing them up the wheelchair ramp. Not every person has the upper body strength to push themselves up a ramp And not everyone has an electric wheelchair. BEST INVENTION I'VE SEEN!!!;;

Great invention! Way to go! As a wheelchair user, watching this video makes me realize that in no time everywhere will be accessible for me. When there's no ramp, no elevator it's always such a pain in the a$$ to wait for someone to help you know.

1.58 True happiness on him, that he can climb stairs without anyone's help. Kudos guys.

This is such a good step in the right direction. Wanna see more bad ass tech like this for people with mobility needs. Keep this up

Words are not enough to thank to those who r behind this wonderful innovation

This thing is just what I need.. Compact and the possibillities of getting up stairs to visit friends and family. I hope it gets produced

The smile on the user says it all. That's the most important outcome for this entire venture. I salute you.

I love how stylish the chair looks, and the functionality really fills a void for those who use wheelchairs, but damn, the sun can rise and set by the time you go up a set of stairs. I understand that it has to do this methodically, especially when you consider the types of people on wheelchairs, but that was just painfully slow. Other than that, amazing job! You guys should be proud of yourselves.

It's priceless how amazing technology can be!! It's simply beautiful to see people's life changing for better. Great work!!

First to those that are critical of this chair, if you are unable to walk and unable to climb stairs or steps then you would be thankful. There aren't always ramps or other means available. There are still places that aren't wheelchair friendly. Ten years ago I had pretty much the same attitude about people in wheelchairs. But that all changed when on October 5th, 2006, my daughter was injured in an automobile accident which left her paralyzed from the waist down. And living in a area where hills and steps are common place a chair like this or anything similar would be wonderful.

The smile on your face is worth a million. May god bless you brother!!

Awesome to see what mankind is able to do and invent. Great work!

Technology is so amazing it’s giving back independence to the ones who lost their independence which is totally beautiful

Este tipo de cosas son las que me motivan para estudiar mi carrera, cambiar el mundo y la vida de las personas mediante la ingeniería. Tiene que ser una autentica maravilla trabajar en este tipo de proyectos, y en este concretamente. Muchísima suerte

You guys are doing great and this is some amazing work of engineering! You’re a great example of the amazing people at ETH

Faith in humanity restored! Finally a group of people who are not about to invent weapons and things that earn a lot of money but make humanity suffer. Kepp up the good work

Amazing. It gives a new ray of hope to those using wheelchairs. Thanks

Cool. A nice piece of engineering. The chairs design is very well made and it looks graceful. Hopefully these will available and fordable for those who would need them, in the near future.

Great movie! Great wheelchair! Great work!

Who downvotes something that is so innovative and will revolutionize life for disabled folks?

This is really cool. I think the only thing you could ask more from a wheelchair is to be able to climb stairs forwards, but even not being able to see forward while climbing stairs must really help empower people to access areas that they haven't been able to in the past.

Now this is a "step" in the right direction! Well done.

This is really fantastic - well done, I hope this technology makes it to production!

Mega! Unfassbar was ihr da geschaffen habt! Danke 🙏

Tremendous. I didn't think it was possible. Feel proud.

AWESOME! When I first saw this vid I thought I was going to see another one of those stupid kind of Segway wheelchair type things but this thing actually ROCKS! I walk just fine and I still want one!

Very impressive work. Out of curiosity how does it handle going down stairs?

Great idea - fantastic discovery and will be very helpful to all those who are not able to walk God bless the inventor

Well done: Congrats from Canada

Like, even if you're orthopaedically challenged and/or your spine is hosed, you can get around with this totally awesome machine. It could also have wonderful autonomous and robotics applications. Way to go, babe!

Amazing ! A wonderful idea and concept ! Good job, guys ! And thank you for caring for the others !

Great design and execution

Now that's certainly people who have been listening !!

I'm not in a wheelchair, but I feel better knowing if something really bad does happen, there are cool solutions on the horizon to help.

"AWESOME" and no matter what, there will always be those who complain, in this case that its too slow, but for those who need wheelchairs to get around this is truly awesome and gives them the freedom to go wherever they want without having to ask someone to help or bypass areas where there are stairs. So for those finding fault pull your heads in and imagine if this were you - grow up and be grateful for your limbs.

It can go up and down stairs. Has a lift feature. Head lights and a tail light. 20 miles per charge and top speed of 6 MPH. This thing is freaking amazing.

That stair lift chair is brilliant!!

I've seem some great designs for new wheelchairs, and this one has just jumped straight to my top three for its class. As always some chairs are better at some things than others, and there just isn't a chair out there that can "do it all" But this chair is pushing the envelope in that regard. It would be nice to see a more integrated stair claiming operation where the chair maintains level seating through the whole duration on its own while you just hold control to send it up or down. Also being able to go up or down just a little faster would be nice. Not too much for safety sake, but faster than it did in the video. Keep up the awesome work.

10 hours later.. he finally made it!

UoU 🙏👏👏 I Need This! My wheelchair never climbed stairs... Congratulations, God Bless your life greatly! [SCALEVO] P.S.: I'm from Brazil, come here also sleep about 40 million disabled people, invest here too!

Amazing. Great product! (if not just an idea/prototype still). And remember people, things can & do get improved/fixed (if/when necessary)

Great invention, as are many of the other innovative chairs. In this one the speed of stair climbing isn't much issue. I've always thought it would be great for the person to be able to go up facing forward. Maybe I just haven't seen it yet. My thoughts are on the active balance system when not climbing. While cool, it is a battery sucker. My wife's chair goes for 2 or 3 normal days between charges depending on our activity level. I would imagine the extra drain would change your battery management.

I think I would be so scared to use this!!!!! You really got to be able to let go of all your fears and trust this chair!!!! But once you do, oh boy does your horizon expand. I want one of those!!!!

That is EPIC! You guys will be rich, and it will help soo many disabled people in need. :)

Some serious engineering there. I can’t imagine the man hours spent on design, trial and error.

I like this a lot. As a paraplegic who has been bound to my wheelchair for pretty much my entire life, it's a great thing you're doing. Although, I'm the type who prefers pushing myself with my arms (as in an ordinary wheelchair), when not needing the stair climbing ability. Your chair (in the video) doesn't seem to support that, or does it? What i'd really like to see is the option to be able to manually push myself whenever possible, when not needing the stair climbing ability. Maybe if you could modify the hind wheels of the chair for that to happen?

This is just incredible. Good work!

There's a RU-vid channel called squirmy and Grubs and Shane would benefit so much from a chair like this .just watched a video with them visiting Poland and Shane's fiance had to push his heavy wheelchair up stairs.

this is great! really love the look of it, can't wait to see future iterations of it :)

it only takes a half hour to climb up ten stairs ! good concept tho X)

Really needed that drone footage of him on the stairs thanks

This is pretty awesome! The other climbing wheelchairs I've seen, bump the person around while climbing each step. This has a nice smooth ride. Could it also be used as a stander?

that is absolutely awesome. i can only assume that the next step is to get it to climb faster than the speed of smell.

This was made 7 years ago. So, I’d bet on the tech available towards making something like this is much better quality now.

That big red button in his lap is the "Oh shit eject my ass outta here button!"

The rollout video from our Scalevo stair climber project.

Excellent concept, groundbreaking to say the least, but it takes quite a long time to go up one step let alone ten. Hopefully people can build off of this innovation and create something which can go a bit faster.

Very cool!

The music reminds me of alternative rock and 2006. Ahh good times. Remember Circuit City?

I need 1 of those chairs, stairs and to an extent pavements are awful when you're in a wheelchair. You see the world differently.

I've had the same design (Segway+Tank Track) in my mind for a while as the best idea sofar short of Exoskeleton.

i actually want one of these just for fun and that tail light looks sick

if apple or big tech companies care, it wouldn’t be hard for them to make something fast automatic easy and convenient

OMG I WANT ONE ! I have Cerebral Palsy and use an electric wheelchair (I call it the beast due to it always breaking down). I hope in the future that MEDICARE and MEDI CAL (California state insurance) will pay for it !

This is too cool guys, great job.

My firs thought was of the treads eventually wearing out with constant use and eventually that is going to cause a staircase accident.

Good work

awesome idea! Big respect to you all :)

there's a lot to like about this chair , but coming down stairs is a bit concerning , my Sister had Cancer and when she got her chair she didn't know to lean back in it going down her ramp, If I hadn't been behind her and grabbed the chair she would have taken a really painful fall face forward, I do like the tilt back feature that does help and I didn't think it was taking so terribly long to climb the stairs , it's not going to be the same as walking up them, it's a wheel chair and I like it

Great start, but diverting power from the treads/main wheels when the other is in use would, I assume, save a lot of power and make the chair capable of going a lot further. Also, programming the machine to be able to make it's own automatic adjustments when it's going up the stairs and the chair needs to be kept level will make it much easier and faster for the user since there's no manual input. Lastly, programming modes like 'lift' would make raising the chair to get a better view easier as well. Instead of the user manually lifting front, then back, they could press one command and the chair could lift both simultaneously.

Great product, inspirational actor

Mark my words this machine will enslave mankind

Amazing product idea, nice video which shows the benefits! Great!

Brilliant Design!!

How does it handle staircases with landings, or stairs that are irregularly high?

I would support it if you guys made a Kickstarter campaign!

Development of this machine put several people in wheel chairs.

this chair will only change a tiny bit of wheelchair living for those wealthy enough to purchase it. it will not open doors or fit into a tiny bathroom stall or drive a car or change attitudes. huge obstacles still exist.

God bless you guys.

So does it work on proper indoors stairs or just these less inclined outdoors ones?

What kind of horrible person downvotes this awesomeness??

if the tracks slip up, it can seriously harm the rider. I suggest you implement a failsafe "foot" that doesn't use much power in case an mechanical failure occur.

What happens if i align the chair slightly to one side while going up a long stair? Can i adjust it mid-climb or will i plummet to my death? And how do i come back down the stairs?

Great gadgets for people in wheel chairs. Slightly slow though. I understand it is safer but the speed can be uped a bit more. Saying that, many places have access to wheel chairs now. As it is law for big shopping or business places to have proper access made available.

this is a really great idea, how long can you drive in km. on one charge and can you fit a basket to it for when you go shopping, and what about a little white back light so you can see where you go when backing when it is dark, what about a gyro cup holder so you too can have a cup of coffee on the move, sorry my brain is working so fast with ideas :) crutches holders ?? but i did notices that the tracks are really really close to the backside, and yes they fit the stairs in the film but there are many 100 of kind of stairs, how dos it do on other stairs. what if when engage the tracks they would move just 5 cm further out to the back and maybe have a incline so it can gab hold on higher steps

can you tell me about the type of motor(brushed or brushless) you have used, & why you don't use gearbox instead of using two motors?

I feel like this has taken forever to be invented, because people are afraid of the lawsuits if something goes wrong. Looks good, I hope you guys get some good safety testing done.

Awesome invention.

Magnífico, de imensa utilidade. Parabéns!

Cool wheelchair

Awesome Work!

There needs to be more ideas and more changes created for wheelchairs. I love this. I just didnt like the rider having to be backwards to go up the stairs. I think there is are potential problems anytime you have a human moving backwards through a space. Good work though... love a lot about this design.

"Disappointing product!" - people who aren't in wheelchairs...

I imagine if it's successful, future versions will be faster and have things like sensors to auto level and auto climb stairs instead of manual operation only.

totalny niewypał !!!

Wow!! That’s amazing. Why didn’t they show us how the wheelchair goes down? They should make this for a handicap person that wants to use their arms instead of all remote. It would be great to have a regular wheelchair have a stair climbing feature because people still need to use their muscles. But of course this is great for older people or those that can’t use their arms to roll their wheelchair. My friend wouldn’t want a chair with a remote. He wants to be physically active and use his muscles to roll his chair.

Very nice

Rollout video for the Scalevo stair climber project.