India’s lightest active rigid-frame wheelchair
July 21 , 2025
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- IIT Madras unveils new 8.5-kg wheelchair that enables independence.
- The institute says its latest innovation, YD One, is India’s lightest active rigid-frame wheelchair.
- The device has a single frame made of aerospace-grade material.
- Most wheelchairs in the market were heavy and hospital grade, which were unfit for community use.

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