1. Wheelchair Traction
Brandon Roth

2. What’s the Problem?
Electric wheelchairs getting stuck in the mud and the snow.

3. What’s the cause of this?
Poor traction on the tires and low ground clearance of the wheelchair.

4. Design Brief
Design a device that will provide better traction for an electric wheelchair.

5. Restrictions Must be easy to install for people with limited ability
Must be light-weight
Portable
Allows wheelchair to be used normally

6. Some ideas I found

7. Ideas already in use

8. My Design

9. Disassembled device
Video of disassembly

11. Other wheelchair innovations
Ibot.mpeg