Gait Master - Japan (2000)

Some kinda neverending treadmill that also allows you to climb and descend virtual stairs. The direction isn't omnidirectional, and it looks rather scary.

This was one of 2 separate types of Gait-Masters they made. Supposedly the other one was omnidirectional (the whole thing rotated), but probably didn't allow you to climb stairs. Anyway there's a pic of that other one in one of the links.



bad translation:
"GaitMaster2 are two degrees of freedom motion platform driven by two AC motors and chain (corresponding to the right and left leg) is composed. The platform motion is controlled so as to cancel the user's walking motion.

In this way, the user is physically while maintaining a position, you can actually walk into a virtual space, we can also negotiate stairs and virtual. U

Longitudinal direction range of motion: 80cm
Vertical range of motion: 20cm
Maximum speed longitudinal direction: 1.5m / s
Loading capacity: 80k"

http://intron.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/gaitmaster/gaitmaster_j.html
http://intron.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~yano/MA.html

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