Ever wanted to walk on water? Well seems like these wishes might come true as engineers have created a an electric wheelchair that lets people be on off-road adventures in an excellent manner.
After a continuous struggle of five years, British engineer Sion Pierce manufactured an electric wheelchair named ‘HexHog’ that would take disabled people to any off-road situations. The all terrain electric vehicle (ATV) is six-wheeled and is created in such a manner to accept any complex terrain you take it to.
“You can’t take the HexHog into supermarkets but you can cross moorland, farmland or even peat bogs,” Pierce said. With an additional kit, the wheelchair can also be used to be driven on roads, reported New Atlas.
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HexHog will let the person stride on water, travel through mud swamps, cross snow, ice or sand without even a slight decrease in its performance and without causing any kind of harm to the chair. Be it fishing, farming, shooting or just taking pleasure of nature, the chair can provide all kinds of luxuries to the disabled people who believe they cannot get them otherwise.
Making it vibration free, noiseless and pollution free, the wheelchair is powered by lithium-ion battery and sealed pancake motors with all its six wheels able to drive on their own with a terrain range to 13km to 19km. The texture of the land matters too along with a complete charge that requires less than 2 hours. The wheelchair is no more than four feet and can be easily transported using a small trailer. Controlled by a joystick, the HexHog can speed up to 13.6km/h. It also contains the ability to transform the seat according to the person’s requirements, wrote HexHog.
“The HexHog is a mobility device that provides the next level up in accessibility for wheelchair users who need to access rougher areas for their work or leisure without risk of becoming stranded. A specially-patented flexing chassis maintains all wheels in contact with the ground. Wheelchair users can independently access areas they couldn't before,” Pierce said.