Hyundai of Korea announces 'a car that can climb a mountain of unpaved roads and debris with quadruped walking'

Hyundai Motor (Hyundai) , a Korean automobile manufacturer, said on Wednesday, January 8, 2019, " CES 2019 ", the world's largest IT and home appliance technology trade fair held in Las Vegas, You can announce a car that you can. " Hyundai is appealing that strange looking cars can run as well as normal cars, as well as climbing mountain paths that are not flat.

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According to Hyundai's announcement, the name of the concept car released this time is " ELEVATE ". It is said that the car body exhibited at CES was one-eighth scale, ELEVATE seems to be designed to be able to move obstacles and difficult-to-drive roads that conventional cars could not overcome Hyundai says it will expand the possibilities of cars.

You can see what kind of car ELEVATE is, by seeing the following movie.

[Hyundai at 2019 CES] ELEVATE: Walking Car Concept


ELEVATE allows you to walk through and climb the terrain that your car could never climb.

It looks very compact and slim shape.

ELEVATE naturally can run normally.

And when it comes to the terrain that can not proceed with normal traveling, the arm connecting the wheel and the trunk part extends to create indirect, and it can go like a robot. Apart from the mode in which the wheels are moved slowly with all four wheels grounded ...

There are also modes that spread the four feet sideways like a reptile such as a lizard or crocodile, and can move like a ground by raising the feet low.

In the case of reptilian mode, the pattern of advancing to the wind such as lifting the right foreleg and left hind leg with the left foreleg and the right hind leg grounded.

There also seems to be a mammalian mode in which walking while four feet are lowered downward from the body part.

Even if it is difficult for humans to climb terrain, ELEVATE can fully exploit the four feet.

As a main method of utilization, rescue activities on a rough road which is covered with rubble at the time of a disaster or is not paved are considered.

If the vehicle can be reached even closer to the affected area than the paved area, the efficiency of rescuing activities in emergency is greatly improved.

During normal running, power to the joint part is cut off, enabling efficient traveling. According to Hyundai ELEVATE can run on the highway.

The mechanism that moves the joint part of ELEVATE is said to be mounted on the wheel part, it is also possible to detach the body part from the four legs and to replace it with another body.

David Byron, design director of ELEVATE, said, "Even though only 10 feet of snow are stacked on the highway, ordinary cars will not be able to pass, but imagine a figure that can overcome that obstacle Please try and ELEVATE is the future of mobility. "