The Origins of Stair-Climbing Wheelchairs... Stair Stretcher? Manual Stair-Climbing Wheelchair? Electric Stair-Climbing Wheelchair?
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Staircase wheelchairs and staircase stretchers were originally similar products.

Staircase stretchers: They can be easily folded and unfolded into two forms:

1. Seat form

2. Stretcher form

The founder of EmssRobot observed that in 2010, residential staircases were not widely available in China or even worldwide.

In the event of a fire, this hindered firefighters' ability to evacuate people with mobility impairments in a timely manner.

At the same time, staircases posed a significant challenge during transport from hospitals to homes.

Therefore, based on practical needs, we invented China's first tracked manual stair-climbing wheelchair.

It has no motor; it relies solely on the friction between the track wheels and the tracks to move people up and down stairs for evacuation.

However, market feedback revealed that manual tracked stair-climbing wheelchairs could not meet certain needs, such as:

1. In buildings of 7-25 stories, it is difficult for one person to complete the transfer.

2. Manual operation is inefficient and cannot facilitate rapid transport in emergencies.

3. Manual operation requires highly trained and physically strong users.

4. Manual operation cannot stop quickly on stairs.

5. Increasingly, the demands on home users are not so demanding, making motor-driven systems the best option.

Therefore, in 2012, based on market demand, we developed a motor-driven stair-climbing wheelchair, solving the vast majority of home and emergency needs.