Toyota is rethinking mobility in a strikingly creature-like way.
Unveiled at the Japan Mobility Show, the company’s new autonomous wheelchair concept trades traditional wheels for four folding, articulated legs.
Entitled ‘Walk Me’, the concept is distinctly elegant but also alien-like.
The legs extend and contract like a robotic animal, letting the chair climb stairs, handle uneven ground, and even lower itself gently to floor level.
The effect is part gentle companion, part sci-fi exoskeleton. Instead of treating obstacles as barriers, the chair simply changes shape, adapting its stance to the environment. The way the legs articulate and fold to ‘sit’ look particularly creature-like.
It moves with a slow, deliberate grace, almost more walker than wheelchair.
This is still a concept but the overall design and vision feels notable. It’s personal mobility that doesn’t ask the world to accommodate it.
Instead, it adapts, quietly, elegantly, and a little bit oddly, in the best possible way.
We also appreciate the fabric-wrapped exterior, which softens the overall look.
All images courtesy of Toyota.
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