Pair of Toyota Concepts Aim to Improve Mobility for Elderly and Disabled
  Drivers
From: Car and Driver - 10/2017
By: Clifford Atiyeh

Toyota imagines a pair of mobility "support vehicle" solutions for the
elderly and disabled.

Toyota unveiled the first Concept-i car at the CES technology show in
January. It runs an artificial-intelligence system that communicates with the
driver by “stimulating the five senses.” It reads moods and engages in
two-way conversations, records them with GPS tags, and uploads everything to
a data cloud, not unlike what Apple, Google, and Microsoft do with their
voice assistants.

For the Tokyo auto show, the Concept-i teams up with two small support
vehicles, the Ride and the Walk, both of which share a more altruistic
purpose of helping the disabled and elderly stay mobile.

The Toyota Concept-i Walk mixes a conventional trike layout with an
extendable wheelbase. Standing still, the Walk needs only the walking space
of an average adult to make a complete turn. At higher speeds, the Walk
spaces its rear wheels further from the front wheel for a more stable ride,
varying the overall length from 19.7 to 27.6 inches. The Walk is also
designed to be actively driven, although after a warning it will
automatically intervene to avoid sidewalk collisions.

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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/toyota-concept-i-ride-and-walk-photos-and-info-news

Links:
Toyota Concept-i: More Like Concept AI
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/toyota-concept-i-photos-and-info-news

Toyota Concept-i, Concept-i RIDE and Concept-i WALK heading to Tokyo
http://electriccarsreport.com/2017/10/toyota-concept-concept-ride-concept-walk-heading-tokyo

Toyota Concept-i series pieces together door-to-door mobility
https://newatlas.com/toyota-concept-i-tokyo/51775

Toyota tackles future mobility with Concept-i trio (with video 9:31)
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1113297_toyota-tackles-future-mobility-with-concept-i-trio