Treadmill

The Lopifit might look like an oversized electric kick scooter, but it's also got a treadmill built into the footboard. You can walk while you ride, so you actually get your steps in while you speedily commute to your destination.

Although treadmills do let you vary your running speed, you have to reach down and hit the controls in order to do so. The Kickr Run offers a more natural alternative, in that it automatically adjusts its belt speed to match your running speed.

Most dogs are lucky enough to get a regular walk in the great outdoors, but cats miss out. Looking like a giant hamster wheel, the Little Cat is an app-driven machine designed to give our feline friends some much-needed exercise – although whether they’d actually use it remains to be seen.

In theory, a treadmill could be be a great way to handle movement in virtual reality. How does the current reality live up to the theory? Read on, as we recap our feet-on CES demo of the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill.

The Kat Walk omnidirectional virtual reality treadmill, currently funding on Kickstarter, provides users greater freedom of movement with its open construction and unique support structure.

On treadmills, runners have to manually adjust the speed of the machine. Perhaps they won't have to for too longer, however. Scientists at The Ohio State University have developed a prototype treadmill that detects when its user's running speed changes, and adjusts its own speed accordingly.

The Virtualizer is a virtual reality rig that features an omni-directional treadmill, which is nothing new, but in addition to letting gamers walk and run, the device also lets them rotate, jump, crouch, kneel and even sit down, with these motions matched in game by your virtual self.

The Omni from Virtuix is an omni-directional treadmill that can be used with VR headsets like the Oculus Rift.

By pairing a Kinect sensor, a Wiimote, a treadmill and a Nao robot together, Taylor Veltrop has cobbled together a teleoperation system that allows him to groom his cat remotely.

Exercise equipment for dogs

The Treadmill Bike is for people who love the sensation of jogging outdoors but don't want to get their shoes dirty.

If you like treadmill exercise but are tired of running up and down on the one spot, the Rollator treadmill could be the answer. It's also ideal for people who like to exercise in the great outdoors.