Developed in collaboration with The Center for Discovery, a nonprofit school for children with disabilities, the project responded to a critical need identified by clinicians: enabling young users to experience the independence of self-directed mobility. Traditional powered wheelchairs are often impractical for children, who quickly outgrow custom-fit systems, making them financially and logistically unsustainable.
IndieGo solves this with a universal powered base that 95% of manual wheelchairs can simply roll onto. The system provides electric mobility when needed—whether in public settings or day to day living—while maintaining the flexibility to revert to manual use. Designed to be robust, lightweight, and collapsible, the unit is easily transported and deployable across a range of environments.
Over the course of three intensive, eight-week development cycles, the team prototyped and refined the device through continuous feedback from clinicians and real-world testing. The project culminated in the fabrication of 12 pilot units for The Center for Discovery.