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Dean Kamen is the first to admit it. “From the day it came out, and from that day forward, I’ve been known as the Segway guy,” the serial inventor tells Yahoo News, referring to the two-wheeled, ...

Before the Segway made him famous, inventor Dean Kamen had already spent decades revolutionizing medical devices: infusion pumps, insulin pumps, stents, dialysis machines. Kamen's boldest idea, though ...

Toyota and Dean Kamen (DEKA) have announced a new partnership to complete the iBOT, a smart wheelchair which would give the disabled more independence by changing how users can move. Last week, the ...

May 13—The iBOT Personal Mobility Device can do things most wheelchairs cannot — like climb stairs and traverse rough outdoor terrain — but until now the cost has been inaccessible for most people ...

It's complicated and carries a hefty pricetag, but the federally approved iBOT wheelchair promises to give some of the nation's 2 million wheelchair users new freedom of movement, even allowing them ...

Toyota Motor North America has signed a partnership with Deka Research and Development to create a new kind of motorized wheelchair. We are talking about the second generation of the iBot, which is a ...

Before there was the Segway, inventor Dean Kamen introduced the iBOT, a revolutionary standing wheelchair that can climb stairs and lifts users up to standing height. The iBOT allowed people who were ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The iBot motorized wheelchair was first unveiled back in 2001, but it still looks remarkably futuristic today.

IBOT hits a fresh 52-week high as booming AI demand, robotics adoption and rate cuts fuel momentum in this innovation-focused ...

Do you remember the iBOT? No? It's not a distant cousin of R2D2 and C-3PO, but a revolutionary 'stair-climbing wheelchair' that caused great excitement back in 2003 when it was unveiled by its ...