Toyota’s new Winglet
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:37Posted in category Toyota
Toyota unveils “Winglet,” a personal personal transport assistance robot, at Toyoto’s showroom in Aomi, Tokyo, Aug. 1, 2008. For the accompanying story see search.japantimes.co.jp
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Endymion766 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
@masterd151 Then you’d have to jump off before it hit the top speed of 2 MPH.
masterd151 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
What if the accelerator on this thing sticks?
renebruce says:
March 18th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
the only issue I see is uneven place to ride, how will it go up a 1″ curb ? those lil bumps will sending you flying off like a skateboard I’d think, great start Toyota !
Japancreatedtheworld says:
March 18th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
｢U3-X｣
mauricefallon says:
March 18th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
The use for this is for immobile people, such as the old or disabled, not the usual market
JUKIO01 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
its not for america, its for japan. unlike america, japan is much more denser, so it takes little time to get around place. they dont really need to travel far. so devices like this are ok to use.
JUKIO01 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
well, unlike america, the japanese are in good shape, i dont really see any of them fat. you see, the japanese, they dont need to work out more, so they can use these things.
TheSexyKnight says:
March 18th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I had a company cruise on the Segway X2. From what I’ve seen in the video, the X2 is faster and bigger than the Toyota Winglet making the Winglet boring and uncompetitive. Toyota, please just copy the Segway X2, offer it for 1000 USD and I’ll buy it.
Rimber6 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
This smells like stupidity
Piscivorus says:
March 18th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Wow, they invented Segways! lol
Cyde says:
March 18th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Hey thats they girl From UBC that works in Toyota Japn demo-ing the i-unit and winglet also now i guess
gabe0083 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
been a long time since I have seen anybody using blades
besides how many ppl do you know that are close enough to work that they can go using anything other than a car
ciucinciu says:
March 18th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
rollerblades?
gabe0083 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
not always an option if you have a long way to go
that and I rode a bike all through high school
got sick of popped tires
ciucinciu says:
March 18th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
how about the good old bicycle or walking?
gabe0083 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
a what?
gabe0083 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
do you know how crouded the buses and subways are in jaoan?
maybe someone would like to avoid that if they werent going that far
and yeah, its not for handicapped ppl
zeeboid says:
March 18th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
HA! Its like an unstable segway! Go Japan!
5383totodata says:
March 18th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Airport,shopingsenter,likethat (Ihave one)
ciucinciu says:
March 18th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
useless stuff from japan. why would you need something like that, if you are paralised you cant stand up(or you could invest the money in spinal injuries research) and if you are tired you’ll take a bus or a car, or rest. but why stand up?????
isaacakira says:
March 18th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Why do we need this if we have (folding) bicycles? Or just walk? I see a fat, obese future. Next step? Watch Wall-e and you can tell.
roidroid says:
March 18th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
yeah sorry man i replied to the wrong comment.
Donedeal11 says:
March 18th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
what are you talking about? i just said this is a segway copy that looks less dumb.
roidroid says:
March 18th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Yes, you take painkillers (especially while your bone is being reset by doctors). And if the bone breaks the skin you will take antibiotics.
Researchers are indeed close to developing exercise “pills”. New drugs such as Myostatin blockers and “SRT1720″ look very promising.
roidroid says:
March 18th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
what is a janky?