They aim to have the wheelchair recognized by Swiss invalidity insurance by mid-2027. In the meantime, over 50 wheelchair users have tested the backrest-steering model, and many are impressed.

Steering a wheelchair can be a strenuous, inefficient process, in that you have to brake with one rear wheel while pushing harder on the other. A clever new chair addresses that problem in a ...

It is for this reason that the prototype has a lever at the side that switches steering via the backrest on and off. The wheelchair can then be steered in the familiar way via the large drive wheels.

Munevo Drive is an innovative wheelchair steering system for those unable to use a conventional joystick. The technology uses Google smart glasses to steer the wheelchair by tracking the user’s ...

Reto Togni, a Swiss designer and alumnus of the Royal College of Art, London, designed a wheelchair with a backrest that acts as a steering wheel. The Reagiro's steering system allows one-handed ...

ETH Zurich postgraduate student Reto Togni has developed a prototype wheelchair shown at Dutch Design Week, which is steered by leaning from side to side. The Reagiro wheelchair is designed to ...

Reto Togni, a Swiss designer and alumnus of the Royal College of Art, London, designed a wheelchair, the backrest of which acts also as a steering wheel.

Reto Togni, a Swiss designer and alumnus of the Royal College of Art, London, designed a wheelchair with a backrest that acts as a steering wheel. The Reagiro's steering system allows one-handed ...