Motorized wheelchair
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A motorized wheelchair, also known as a powerchair, electric wheelchair, electronic wheelchair, electric-powered wheelchair, and electronic-powered wheelchair, is a wheelchair that is propelled by mea
A front-wheel-drive chair with a "captain's chair" seat
Harding electrically propelled invalid chair (1930s)
George Klein and others with his Klein Drive Chair, 1953
Former US President Bill Clinton, Dean Kamen and the iBot
Wheelchair
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A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using two or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illnesses, injury, disabilit
Motorized wheelchair
…wheelchair, also known as a powerchair, electric wheelchair, electronic wheelchair, electric-powered wheelchair, and electronic-powered wheelchair, is a wheelchair that is propelled by means of an electric motor (usually using differential steering) rather than manual power. Motorized wheelchairs are useful for…
A disabled man sitting in a wheelchair
Depiction of Chinese philosopher Confucius in a wheelchair, dating to c. 1680
Nicolas Grollier de Servière (1596–1689) wheelchair in his Cabinet of curiosities
Amputee in a 19th-century wheelchair