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How the stair-climbing wheelchair is created with Onshape

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With the electric wheelchair BRO, the Swiss company Scewo enables people with limited mobility to do what was previously impossible – the wheelchair can climb stairs, overcoming all barriers. For the development, the young company relies on the cloud-based platform Onshape.

To give people with limited mobility the opportunity to live independently and flexibly is the mission of the young Swiss company Scewo, which has developed the stair-climbing electric wheelchair.(Image: Scewo)
To give people with limited mobility the opportunity to live independently and flexibly is the mission of the young Swiss company Scewo, which has developed the stair-climbing electric wheelchair.
(Image: Scewo)

The Swiss-based company Scewo represents nothing less than a revolution on two wheels. The founders' vision is to provide wheelchair users with the opportunity to lead an independent and flexible daily life. Their mission is to develop an electric wheelchair that overcomes boundaries with modern technology and out-of-the-box thinking. What started as an ambitious student project in 2014 has turned the wheelchair market upside down within seven years. The Scewo BRO electric wheelchair is the only wheelchair worldwide that enables stair climbing.