Toyota just turned humans into hamsters

By EngineAI Team | Published on August 29, 2025 | Updated on December 19, 2025
Toyota engineers built a massive human-sized hamster wheel. Yep — a 2-meter acrylic sphere where you sit in a little cart, push a joystick, and roll forward at a whopping 10 km/h. Oh, and it even has autopilot. Took them 4 months, polished to crystal perfection, packed with a battery, motor, stabilizers — so you don’t eat dirt mid-spin. It fits two people… as long as you don’t mind looking like pets at PetSmart. Practical use? Zero. But in true monozukuri spirit, the joy is in the making. So yeah, Toyota officially makes hamster wheels now