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Honda may be best known for creating affordable, reliable four-wheel transportation, but that hasn’t stopped the company from dabbling in just about everything. From robots to lawnmowers to aircraft, Honda builds it all.
The Japanese company’s latest experiment is the Uni-Cub, a personal mobility device that promises to do what the Segway can’t. Based on Honda’s U3-X concept which debuted back in 2009, the Uni-Cub the world’s first omni-directional driving wheel system. That means that the rider can control speed, move in any direction, turn and stop, all simply by shifting his or her body-weight.
Unlike the Segway, riders of the Uni-Cub will maintain eye-level height with other pedestrians. Thanks to that, its compact size, and its maneuverability, the device allows riders to easy roam inside buildings and among other people.
According to Honda, riders will also have the option of navigating the device using a touchscreen-based app. Unfortunately, the Uni-Cub isn’t quite ready for prime-time yet. A fleet of Uni-Cubs will be heading to Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation this June for testing, but commercial sale of the device has yet to be announced.
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