foot pedals
Stepped-on input devices
Foot pedals are levers operated by the feet rather than the hands.
Cars have foot pedals for gas, brake, and clutch.
Musicians use foot pedals to control effects, sustain piano notes, or operate hi-hats and bass drums.
Sewing machines, pottery wheels, and medical equipment also rely on foot pedals for hands-free control: She pressed the foot pedal to start recording.
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- treadleFoot-operated lever
- stompTread heavily
- kick drumFoot-operated percussion instrument
- slide guitarStringed instrument with gliding bar
footrest · footwork · slide · looper · lap steel · steel guitar · sewing machine · court reporting · country music · musician · wah-wah · kick · damper · expression · brake · control · piano · pump organ
- instrument gearviolin strings, strings, reeds, picks, guitar picks
- Touchlesscontactless, automatic doors, automatic door, hand dryers, automatic flush
- Pump organbellows, reed, stops, keyboard, manual
- robotic surgerysurgical robot, robotic arm, robotic arms, robotic surgery, teleoperation
- computer hardwareCPU, GPU, motherboard, RAM, hard drive
- safety equipmentlife jacket, safety glasses, lifeboat, smoke alarms, smoke alarm
body part used for control
foot pedalshandlebars
Bicycle steering apparatus
joystick · steering wheel · hand brake · keyboard · knobs