Toyota Research Institute · legged machine
i-foot
An egg-shaped seat on two legs, steered by its passenger with a joystick, built to show off Toyota's balance and walking control. It carried one passenger up to 60 kg.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 236 cmTaller than 73%
- Weight
- 200 kgHeavier than 68%
- Payload
- 60 kgCarries more than 22%
- Speed
- 1.4 km/hFaster than 37%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A rideable two-legged walking chair that could climb stairs, using bird-like backward-bending knees.
Real-world use
Performed 2,550 shows over 180 days at the Toyota Group Pavilion at Expo 2005 Aichi.
Maker
Toyota Research InstituteCompany · founded 2016 · Los Altos, California, United StatesToyota subsidiary; launched with $1 billion over five years.
How it stacks up
Against other legged & novel that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
i-foot is taller than 73% of the 22 other legged & novel that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
i-foot is heavier than 68% of the 25 other legged & novel that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
i-foot is faster than 37% of the 19 other legged & novel that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
i-foot carries more than 22% of the 9 other legged & novel that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- How it runs
- Assisted. The seated passenger controlled its walking direction and speed with a joystick.
- Actuators & motors
- Two legs carrying an egg-shaped seat capsule that can be raised and lowered.
- AI & software
- Rider steers with a joystick.
- Other details
- Personal walking robot for one rider (maximum rider weight about 60 kg); top speed about 1.35 km/h.
From the maker
i-foot is the only machine from Toyota in the atlas.
Toyota Research Institute also makes 11 humanoids and 1 vehicle. See every Toyota Research Institute robot
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Show units
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan (Toyota)
- Customers and pilots
- Performed alongside 12 i-units at the Toyota Group Pavilion, Expo 2005 Aichi
News
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- Toyota shows i-unit and walking i-foot for Expo 2005
New Atlas previewed Toyota's Expo 2005 line-up, including the mountable walking i-foot robot performing with i-unit vehicles.
New Atlas
Sources
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