The Phoenix i - The smart wheelchair with an intelligent centre of gravity

Phoenix Instinct have invented The Phoenix i - a lightweight smart wheelchair designed with an ‘intelligent centre of gravity’ that uses smart technology to improve its basic functionality. It has a movable axle position that automatically adjusts the chair’s centre of gravity to stop the wheelchair overbalancing and falling backwards. The wheelchair uses built in sensors that measure how much weight the user is transferring from one part of the frame to the other. These sensors are built into the wheelchair’s frame and connect to motors fitted to the axle ports where the wheels are connected. The wheelchair was created with the help of a $500,000 development grant from the Mobility Unlimited Challenge and in December 2020 Phoenix Instinct were announced winners of the $1 million prize fund. Phoenix Instinct believe that the Phoenix i, the first lightweight wheelchair embedded with smart technologies, is set to change the wheelchair as we know it. The integration of life enhancing features such as electr