biped partners with Honda Research Institute to bring self-driving tech to pedestrians!

We ship all EU and US orders since November 2022. If you are located in a country outside of the EU and the US, please contact us by email (hello@biped.ai) and we'll inform you as soon as we are ready to ship to your country.

We produce biped devices by batch, so expect anywhere between 3 to 9 weeks of delay before getting the device delivered. We are working on reducing this.

We are 5 full time employees in biped, and traveling for every test is a challenge for us. However, we recommend doing a discovery call with our team with the "Book a demo" button. Otherwise, test biped for free by taking a subscription (1 month free, cancel anytime). This remain realistically the best way to test it quickly.

The subscription is 129 € / month, with 1 month free at the beginning, and no minimum duration for the subscription. No other costs apply (including shipping). After 36 months, if you want to keep it, you stop paying.

We are working on reimbursement possibilities in various countries, but this can take time. If you need assistance for the procedure in your country, contact our team: hello@biped.ai

Sure! If biped is reimbursed in your country, you own it 100%. If you buy it via a partner distributor, you own it 100%. If you take a subscription on our website directly, the payments are split over 3 years, but after that, the device is yours.

Note that if you want to apply for a reimbursement of the solution with your local insurance system, or would prefer a single down-payment, you can always contact us.

biped can detect all sorts of obstacles in front of you: branches, traffic signs, holes, staircases going down, drop-offs... day and night.

But it goes beyond that. biped can also detect moving obstacles, such as vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles...) or pedestrians (walking, running, riding a bicycle..).

biped can detect holes and drop-offs of 30 cm and above. Users are warned with the same sound as for an obstacle, but with a lower pitch, to make it feel like the sound in coming from the floor. We advise users to navigate with a white cane, in order to identify the smaller changes of level and of texture.

biped can capture close to 170 degrees of field of view around the user, nearly as much as human eyes. It has day and night vision, up to 20 meters away from the user, which gives the users time to react in most situations.

biped generates sound feedback in headphones. But more specifically, biped provides spatial audio feedback in bone conduction headphones.

Bone conduction headphones are simply headphones that are worn around the ears, not in the ears. They leave your ears free for conversations and important sounds. The headphones we deliver with the device are the Shokz Open Run Pro, they are the best performing headphones of this type.

When an obstacle is detected, for example the branch of a tree, at your head-level, on your left, biped will generate a short music note, like a "bip". The music note has a spatial effect, so you will intuitively feel that the sound comes from the left. If the obstacle is at your head level, it will be a high pitch "bip", and if it's on the ground level, it's a low pitch "bip". In a very short sound, you're therefore able to understand that an obstacle is located at your head-level, on the left.

There is one music note per type of object that biped detects. So a car and a bicycle would generate different music notes. When users start with biped, there is only one sound. But as they follow the training program on the app, it unlock sounds and helps reach a better granularity.

biped uses the GPS system of your smartphone to get GPS navigation instructions. Once you paired the device with your smartphone from the app, you type the destination in the app and just follow the turn-by-turn instructions in the headphones.

biped is controlled with a smartphone application which allows you start and stop the device, operate updates or change parameters. Pairing the device with a smartphone is for the moment mandatory.

biped weights around 950 grams (<2 lbs). It was specifically designed to be as light as possible on your shoulders, and easily forget you even wear the device.

Yes! We ran tests with end-users who successfully managed to navigate with biped, while having a cochlear implant. To do so, we created a high-contrast sound set, with sounds that are easy to differentiate and have a little high-frequencies as possible, as they're harder to hear. To enable it, simply select "Cochlear implant mode" in the settings of the biped app.

Yes! Modern hearing aids are bluetooth enabled. So instead of playing sounds in the bone-conduction headphones, just pair biped with your hearing aids directly in the Bluetooth menu of the biped app. biped sounds will be directly streamed in your ears then.

Yes! We tested biped with a couple of patients in a wheelchair, whom for white cane usage is possible, but harder. We noticed very good responses from end-users, and created a specific mode. To enable it, simply select "Wheelchair" in the settings of the biped app.

Yes! We very early on included beta-testers who had field cuts or hemispatial neglects. We adapted biped's software to only analyze the part of the image that the person does not process. To enable it, simply select "Hemispatial / Field cut" in the settings of the biped app, and select whether you want to give feedback on the left or on the right of the image.

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The current version of biped has a size that would prevent anyone below 1.40 meters from feeling comfortable using biped.

biped does not replace your white cane or your guide dog. These solutions offer signaling, and protect the very first meter in front of you. If you have had white cane training before, or if you are a guide dog owner, just use biped as a supplement to your daily navigation habits.

To prevent the sounds that biped generates from blocking the rest of your environment, we include bone-conduction headphones in our package. Bone-conduction headphones are worn around the ears, and do not block surrounding sounds. On top of that, the sounds that we designed with gaming experts are very different from the rest of your environment. They're not invasive, they don't distract you, and there is no risk of confusion with the sounds in your environment. This also allows you to maintain a continuous conversation with a person near you.

biped satisfies IP44 standards, which means light to medium rain. There is a risk that sensors operate with a degraded performance under heavy rain, so we do not advise keeping biped out in such a case. We include a small travel bag for biped that is rainproof if ever you need to pack it quickly under the rain.

Most of the features of biped also work at night. biped will be able to detect obstacles and holes, and provide GPS navigation. It might in certain cases, and depending on the luminosity, warn you later about cars and other vehicles.

The GPS navigation system does not provide reliable instructions indoors. However, all other features perform well and have been tested indoor too.

We plan to support other activities that walking very soon. Future updates will enable visually impaired users to ride a bike for example.

biped will be regularly updated! All updates are free, whether you buy or rent the device. Thanks to its AI system, the more people use biped, the better the system gets. For this reason, regular updates will be offered to end-users with improved algorithms as well as new features.

The device is not connected to the internet. When an update is available, place your phone close to the device and click on "start update". The device will then be updated over Bluetooth.

We deliver a biped device, 2 batteries, a charger, links to user manual, quick start guide, a link to download the app, and a pair of bone-conduction headphones.

As an early product, biped is constantly being developed and tested to enhance its features and better meet your expectations. This means that the version you receive may not be the final one, and there may be changes as we continue to add new features and updates. We value your feedback and appreciate your patience as we work to create a solution that better meets your needs. To ensure you always have access to the latest and greatest biped features, be sure to update your device from time to time.