Toyota unveiled today two new concepts - the Toyota Mobility Robot and the Violin-playing Robot. As you have probably guessed we are more interested in the Toyota Mobility Robot.
The Toyota Mobility Robot is meant to function in places where people usually walk, being a personal transportation vehicle. The main use, as Toyota states, of the Toyota Mobility Robot is to assist with short-distance personal transport.
The Toyota Mobility Robot can negotiate steps with independent vertical movement of left and right wheels. It has a traveling range of 20 km on one hour of battery charge,
has a top speed of 6km/h and is capable of traversing a 10-degree gradient
The Toyota Mobility Robot is capable of following a person, allowing it to function as a porter and can avoid obstacles to reach its owner.
The Toyota Mobility Robot is 1,000 mm high when at rest, 1,100 mm high in motion and weighs 150 kg.
