'We Are Redesigning Everything From the Ground up': Pitt Gets $41.5M to Build a Better Wheelchair

'We are redesigning everything from the ground up': Pitt gets $41.5M to build a better wheelchair

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have secured a $41.5 million award to reinvent the wheelchair. The project, called RAMMP (Robotic Assisted...

University of Pittsburgh Kicks Off Project to Imagine a Better Wheelchair

ROBOTIC WHEELCHAIRS AND OTHER ASSISTIVE DEVICES LINE THE WALLS OF THE HUMAN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORIES AT BAKERY SQUARE. | PHOTO BY VIRGINIA LINN Imagine grabbing a carton of milk from the refrigerator in the morning. For most of us, that task takes seconds. Or imagine making a cup of coffee with your coffee maker on the counter. Again, it takes a minute or two. But for someone who is severely disabled, taking milk out of the fridge with …