--- title: "This Rideable Rhinoceros Robot Looks Absolutely Amazing" description: "A minivan-sized, four-legged walking robot that can carry up to four passengers was spotted at this year's Japan Mobility Show." date: "2023-11-04" modified: "2023-11-04" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/rideable-walking-robot-looks-amazing" categories: - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "Japan" - "quadruped robot" - "the digest" --- # This Rideable Rhinoceros Robot Looks Absolutely Amazing ![A minivan-sized, four-legged walking robot that can carry up to four passengers was spotted at this year's Japan Mobility Show.]() *\Image: Sansei Technologies\* ## Get in Loser Tech companies showed off a dizzying array of gadgets and gizmos, aircraft and robots, wheelchairs, and mobility scooters at this year's Japan Mobility Show. The convention, formerly known as the Japan Motor Show, greatly widened its scope this year to show off potential futures of personal mobility. One contraption in particular caught our attention: a minivan-sized, [rhinoceros-like four-legged walking robot]() that can carry up to four passengers — and we'd like four tickets, please! https://youtu.be/Th3V65cY7_o ## Baby Elephant Walk The SR-02, a prototype built by Japanese manufacturer Sansei Technologies, looks like a cross between an AT-AT walker from "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" and a rhinoceros. Its creative looks aren't a coincidence, either. The walking robot was designed to be a ride at an amusement park. When it was first unveiled back in February of last year, Sansei [claimed]() it was the "world's first quadruped walking robot ride" that can "carry multiple passengers," offering a "totally new experience of the dynamic motion when walking on four that riders can feel with their whole body." The prototype is around 11 feet in length and just over five feet in width, giving its passengers plenty of space. It can be remotely controlled or operated directly by the rider. Apart from the SR-02, companies at the expo also showed off tiny electric excavators, cute delivery robots with giant LED eyes, and buggies designed to take on "rugged and unforgiving extraterrestrial environments," as extensively [cataloged by *Ars Technica*](). It's still unclear when or if the SR-02 will ever make it to an amusement park near you. But if you ask us, it could make for an excellent stand-in for an AT-AT at Disneyland Tokyo. **More on quadrupeds:** *[US Army Brags About Plans to Mount Rifle on Robot Dog]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()