Hands-free electric wheelchair "ogo" capable of freely moving around only by weight shift

Although it is a convenient point of "wheelchair" to be able to move to various places by myself or person who has injured on a foot, it is necessary to turn the grip of the wheel by hand, if it is normal, it has built-in motor Since it is necessary to move the lever by hand if it is thing of, it is not easy for both hands to become free while moving. Combining state-of-the-art electron optical technology and battery technology for such a wheelchair is "Ogo"It has become a marvelous wheelchair that can move and swing very smoothly with just weight shift and can move around freely indeed.

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This is "ogo". It looks like a sporty wheelchair, featuring a considerably thicker wheel than a normal wheelchair.


Looking from behind like this. Besides a pair of large wheels, there are four auxiliary wheels in the front and rear.


Since it is a motor built-in, you do not have to turn the wheels by hand.


You can see how "ogo" actually moves from the following movie.

Ogo Technology - YouTube


It was Kevin Halsall who got on "ogo" that appeared.


It seems that Kevin has a friend who is unrelated to the lower part of Marcus, he said that he began developing "ogo" for him.


This is Marcus. "Ogo" has a pair of large wheels, with four auxiliary wheels in front and behind it. This is used to take a balance when riding "ogo" or when you do not need to move at high speed.


"Ogo" has an electric motor and a built-in battery, but seems to be heavy enough for an adult man to lift by itself.


Development of "ogo" took place over 4 years under the cooperation of Kevin's wife and several others.


In spite of anything, it is hands-free and you can freely move and turn around.


The actual operation is very smooth, the turning is effective and the starting and stopping are also very smooth. Since it is possible to move by simply defeating the body, the operation is very intuitive, but at the time of use it will be using the body trunk from the beginning.



Large wheels are designed to accommodate all terrain and can be run off-road.


Marcus riding on "ogo" dribbling basketball ......


Shoot with both hands.


In addition, it is possible to travel at 20 km / h, and you can see "ogo" which accelerates rapidly with the body in a forward-inclined posture.


If we want to stop weigh up behind we OK. If you want to move at high speed, you will remove the auxiliary wheel, but even so that the balance is kept so that it will not collapse.


Kevin said "We built a prototype machine using a gyrosensor mounted by disassembling the Segway"I tell you.