'Motorized Skateboard' Helps Physically Impaired Babies Crawl
From: Medical Design Technology - 09/14/2015

After speaking with Thubi Kolobe, PhD, a professor in the Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Oklahoma in New Orleans, Peter
Pidcoe, DPT, PhD, an associate professor and assistant chair in the
Department of Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Allied Health Professions, developed a prototype for a motorized
skateboard-type platform that would move babies, lying on their stomachs,
from point to point. It was clunky at first, "almost like the first portable
computer -  it was only portable because they put a handle on it," he said,
but it was a strong proof of concept.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:00) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/09/motorized-skateboard-helps-physically-impaired-babies-crawl

Links:
Self-initiated Prone Progressive Crawler - SIPPC
Patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US20130144475

VCU Innovation Gateway
http://www.research.vcu.edu/ott