The Stair Climbing Walker
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2013
- This new form of physical mobility device has been designed by a set of great friends through the mechanical engineering department at Virginia Commonwealth University. The goal of the project was to design a revolutionary mobility device that would help individuals regain their physical freedom and confidence in order to allow them to be the active individuals they once were. Designed by Justin Dickerson, Jonathan Marsh, Matthew Schell, John Swanson
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As a disabled person, I thoroughly appreciate a body of young people thinking about techniques and inventions to make life accessible for all. Also, keep in mind mobility devices for tall persons. :) Thank you!
This is brilliant! Keep up the good work, and best of luck to all of you!
great job!!this is what makes us look forward to our future generation!
So now our walker can climb the stairs, only we can't.
I was thinking if someone has reached the point that they need a walker on stairs, they certainly aren't going to be safe with this thing.
❤️Lovely Proto type :-) I can’t wait to see it perfected 👍🏽.
Brilliant!!!
Wow!! Great job guys!!
I am a person with a disability. Something like this that can negotiate a short staircase will vastly improve my quality of life. It looks rather expensive, so it needs to get approval of the devices system. In Ontario (Canada) where I live, 75% cost is borne by the province (if they approve, which takes 6-9 months) and 25% has to be paid by you.
Have you tried it with people with real disability or difficulty with walking?
Pretty Cool. Nice job.
No one from the original team seems to be addressing comments or questions at this point so I guess they finished their project and have moved on? If this is the case perhaps you should turn off comments? Is this device still being developed? As presented it would be too dangerous but with some tweaks I'm sure those issues could easily be solved. The nature of the device of supposes that the users are strong enough and still mobile enough to walk up and down stairs assisted by this device. I think it's wonderful that a group of brilliant young minds would hunker down to develop a unit to help anyone who can use a walker independently solve the issue of climbing stairs. It would be such a shame that the project was put to rest after graduation.
I'd buy this if they were made available! Brilliant!
Apparently during stair descent, no weight is being exerted on the walker. The person is simply holding the walker
that's brilliant! bigger wheels would be good....grass will get stuck in small wheels. something to consider.
Impressive! The self leveling feature is really excellent thinking.! The seat looks good but the pin method is going to be hard for many people. You might think about levers instead of pins for adjustments. I hope this gets improved and on the market. You may not help everyone, but you will help many. Thank you for putting your minds and talent to designing something to help people. PS there is also a need for all terrain walkers - perhaps a model with the ability to have various wheel sizes and types would be helpful? I think the design you have, especially the seat and self-leveling feature could be very helpful to get some people outdoors in their yards, or even walking on hiking trails, along the beach, etc. With appropriate wheels that could be swapped out depending on basic terrain types you could have another good product that could ad so much to the quality of life.
Thank you for working to help keep people mobile. As a RN (whose husband graduated VCU!) I am so very proud of your work. When will they be in production?
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I've used Walker for over 25 years and I've asked everybody in town to pray for me and nothing has happened I wish Jesus would come on this thing and help me there's no reason for me to need a Walker when he boards kreitzer my step nice and disease
Jesus bore Stripes car sickness and disease why do I have them
Good grief Maddox, what a jerk you are! I am "elderly" and have no problem with the quality of this video. You guys are awesome for thinking about this and coming up with a design. For such young men to even think about the quality of life of older people is a real credit to your character! I was searching for instructions for how to use a walker on stairs for a friend. Something I had to do years ago after a bad ankle break. Thank you, young men, for doing this and posting the video.
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+Debbie Miller in Chicago
Very cool. The pin pull required for transforming to a seat may be difficult to accomplish... can it be more automated? And when in seating position, what about some form of back support/sling? Will it be made of a lightweight product or have some assist to lift into a boot/trunk? Can it have a built in flip up or down cup holder?
good job!
very nice!
Is the height of the handle bars adjustable? Also while descending the stairs, if you see the video, the tendency is to lean forward. This would be a big fall concern for elderly. However, great work! Thanks for coming up with such a cool walker. Hopefully you can tweak it a bit more. Hope you will consider consulting an Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist about the functionality of this model.
I am 32 and stuck having to use a rollator to get around due to past injuries, before getting injured I used to go out and do stuff more often, but with rollator I have going anywhere is a major hassle, I used to like the outdoors, picnics , renaissance fairs, camping, but with my rollator anytime the terrain is not perfectly smooth and solid under the rollator wheels results in constantly having to struggle to maneuver the thing, and even folded it is bulky + heavy to get into vehicles.... I WISH I could afford a rollator like the one in this video, it would dramatically change my quality of life for the better.
well, looks like you are getting there with the concept. Now make it able to adapt for walking situations (like at a flea market, etc.) and able to handle grass, gravel, etc. I've three stairs to get inside my house and want to carry my own groceries in (via bins). I also actively garden and enjoy going to sales, events and hiking with my daughter. I need the ability to get up and down odd surfaces and roll over uneven places where my regular rollator gets stuck. I will keep looking at what you're doing!
Maybe i could give you some position sensors to automate the going up and down stairs process for the elderly
Would love to use this product right about now. Had knee replacement surgery a few days ago.
Sounds like a good device with the right intentions but this mechanical object would send me into back flips here at home. What the problem is with the device is this: It does not take into measure that all staircases have their own incline, some are higher some are lower and the higher the incline the more likely this gadget will kill you before helping you. I got crutches, walker and a cane and I still can't climb my stairs to go to bed. My foot has been broken and healing for 2 months now so I started looking around. This gadget though helpful for some will kill others. Not making fun of your product just saying it needs to be more compact, less bulky, and able to assist people on a variety of inclines and positions.
Can you design one that we can sit on and go up and down stairs? Also, this is fantastic. Currently I cannot walk and so I carry my Rollator on my back down stairs as I descend and ascend them on my bottom. My second question is can your device be tested by those with disabilities and purchased before costs skyrocket? Thank you for thinking of our needs.
Currently working on prototype number 2!
Matthew Schell status of availability?
Brilliant! What is the status as of September 2017?
Matthew any news about this device?
wonderful invention is it yet available
Awesome product! Great Job! Will this become commercially available? Will it be priced for the masses or is this something for the wealthiest folks only?
Two things: the height of the handles to allow for straight, upright walking and the weight of the unit which must be put into a car for travel.
Um although a good idea it is slightly awkward having to maneuver the button and handles at the same time to go down the stairs. Also a possibility that the seniors weight can be used against and they can flip over this device.. Seniors don't want to do that. It has to be very easy for them.
This would make my life 99% better I hate being stuck at home because I have to worry about stairs. If I just used it to go up and down stairs and then transferred to my regular walker would be a Godsend. Insurance probably won't cover it and it's probably expensive. Great idea though I love it.
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This is useful for someone in a wheelchair, but requires others be there to do this... and likely difficult to explain if they are not regular helpers.
If you live in a place with stairs and can not move to one level, I have seen lifts for inside that are fairly expensive, but not more than some of the walker-rollators surprisingly. I had to move to an apt. all one level. It very much depends on where you live how difficult it is to go places. It can be so frustrating having to check on all aspects of a location before going out. I know what you mean. I have found some places are more accessible than I thought, and others say they are, but have a few steep stairs to get to that elevator - without railings!
The problems I see with using this to transfer to your own rollator - 1] what happens when you get where you are going? 2] will this machine transfer in a vehicle easily - along with a rollator? 3] will it sit at your home outside?
That bus they showed... will this really negotiate different types of steps - and those bus steps were on a curve.
I like it as a disabled person it’s a good walker Wonder how much it would cost to buy one most equipment for disabled people is too expensive for the individual as it’s not cheap. Living with disabilities
Bravo! The Baby Boomers are aging and need these products. Keep them coming!
Are these for sale? If so where???
12/21/2017
This would be useful with toddlers with mild cerebral palsy... Is is available to the public? Definitely look into the child/toddler market for this product!
Is this still a thing or... I would absolutely buy it.
This looks ok for people who only need to walk in straight lines!
Matthew what is the status of this project. Please answer even if you don't know!
the downside is that on uneven level surfaces the small wheels will make it difficult to handle for example the joints in sidewalks.
thing is my knees will not bend sometimes cause ihave MS if i go up steps i have to fling my feet to the side also have right hand weekness
How does it go up stairs when the step size isn't optimal for the device?
Is it full of cables? Dangerous! Great idea, but not very clear on how is charged
My professorrrr
Great idea, but it does not support the weight of the person trying to negotiate
stairs. This device relies on the person having enough leg muscle strength
in their quadriceps to be able to place one foot at a time down or up a stair
step without the weight collapsing the leg.
My nerves are apparently trapped in scar tissue from two hip replacements on the same hip too close together. I cannot put weight onto or take weight off my right leg, so it's extremely weak and the pain is beyond description. I cannot walk. I use a regular walker but that limits my travel as I can't go far with it, nor can I climb stairs, so I'm really stuck. I'd love to acquire this as it does what I need, plus I know your school! Is this available and if you need anyone for trials, I volunteer. Please get this on the market.
7 years ago...where is the final?
Amazing, but too big for a bus. If it could be smaller it'd be perfect
I think it would be more smoother, faster and stable if you convert the wheel into rubber tank tracks.
God Bless!!!
is it for sale yet?
A walker for steps! That is a great idea. Both my grandmothers have difficulties with stairs. My paternal grandmother has the worst issues.
Is this ready yet?
Where can you purchase this in US?
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sir is this availabe in india? my mother is having rheumatoid arthritis. it will be too useful for her.
Any updates?
now try it at dordle door in dorset uk
Can this be purchased?
3 or 4 steps looks ok but that a long way from going up or down 12 or more steps like you could have on a 2 story house, we have 14 here, going up a few steps to get into a home is possible in different ways, but that only the begining
Song name?
Okay that looks damn scary. I think you could topple forward when going down stairs. It isn't as stable as hanging onto railings on both sides. Same thing for climbing stairs, I don't see how it is overcoming the issues involved with getting up stairs. Doesn't seem it is doing much of the load bearing. I think it is novel only -- not practical or functional.
Can I buy this? Where?
And it only takes as much room as a D9 caterpillar bulldozer to maneuver.......
From where I can purchase
Its getting there but when it goes up and down the stairs its motion isn't fluid!
Thank you I have a bone disease and I can use this
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I’m interested for stair climbing wheelchair. I would like to know the address, whom to contact and price please.
can only go in straight line. the front wheels do not turn left or right.
Wow! Cool Guys. My X told me at 68 I have officially entered old age.
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What ever happened with this? My son's friend who has MS has nothing to help him, my son carry's him on his back, and i'm so afraid he will get hurt.
I wish this was avalebul no here in Australia with my back going and the myopathy in both feet I don't get to go out much as I need a wheele chair and my husband complains it is getting to heavy to lift and it takes up to much room in the boot of the car so I stay home while he goes to town
How long is that cord?
Do the wheels turn
The Trionic Veloped does not climb stairs but it does climb curbs, tree roots and rocks, check it out. www.trionic.us
These are $1000 and up. Hard to believe most people need these over some others I've seen hundreds less.
SHARK TANK.
Ok.
It's a great start, but probably needs a lot of revisions to work practically for most people really in need. You'd need to have various people with real issues try this out. You mentioned people could sit on this to go up or down stairs, but did not show that. I have a very hard time believing this is possible by these demos. I also find the movement of this multiple wheel -within a wheel- system appears slow and choppy. My experience with a back problem is every movement is felt right up the spine, and into joints, plus knees from degenerative bone disease [OA] - which is common - means a bit more than confidence is needed to climb stairs. Research with medical info could eventually revise this into a useful product.
So, it's been 5 years. No sign of it on the market. Provisional patent up by now. Belongs to the school anyway, so you can't develop a business around it, right? Hope I'm wrong. Have relatives with serious need. Stair lifts are very expensive.
can u please send me the full project details to my mail plz
and components used in the process
Im paraplagia parson,im not gonig homeout side.i mast need 1 WK-80 Aluminum Walker who To go out to me.Im very pure guy.I have no harn Can you please give me a walker?
I will be grateful to you if you help me
Do it.
Good Idea But to be honest it is not practical ....:)
Still it's not practical.
The reaction time for the handle to level is toooooo slow and it not smooth. Mobility challenged people don not have time to hold on the machine for it to level off. They will most likely fall. Great concept but design and engineering is totally useless from the user's perspective. Please start from scratch and make something more usable for seniors.
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IT IS NOT SAVE TO USE THIS ! IT MIGHT CAUSE ANOTHER FALL , WHICH I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK
Too big.
Your pronunciation is extremely blurred and that f&^$#ing background noise you may call music doesn't help either ... please consider that your target group (seniors) are also often hearing impaired.
You never really get a good look, just partial views, flashes, etc. Total waste of time.
This is about BLARING MUSIC... NOT A WALKER....
IF I WANTED EDDIE VAN HALEN I WOULD TURN HIM ON IM GONE!!!.
my advice. hire a industrial designer, maybe its already to late, otherwise noone would buy it