Instrumented stairs

The Food and Drug Administration is forecasting the procurement of instrumented stairs designed to capture objective ground truth data on various mobility tasks. This equipment is intended to measure stair ascent, descent, turning, weight transfer, step timing, and transitional movements, providing high-fidelity data that level walking systems cannot capture. The primary purpose of this acquisition is to support the validation of advanced human-movement algorithms. By analyzing functional mobility tasks, the agency aims to better assess balance, fall risk, and mobility limitations to improve safe navigation within real-world home and community environments.