The invention relates to a variable-rigidity metatarsophalangeal joint based on
torsion spring and connecting rod combination and a
foot type robot. The variable-rigidity metatarsophalangeal joint comprises a rear sole, a front sole, a metatarsophalangeal joint rotating shaft, a
torsion spring, a connecting rod, a supporting and pulling rod and a driving module. The front sole is rotationally connected with the rear sole through a metatarsophalangeal joint rotating shaft; the supporting and pulling rod is connected to the driving module and the connecting rod, the metatarsophalangeal joint rotating shaft is sleeved with a spring ring of the torsional spring, the torsional spring is hinged to the other end of the connecting rod, and the other end of the torsional spring is connected with the
forefoot; the driving module is fixedly arranged on the rear sole and used for driving the supporting and pulling rod to reciprocate along the rear sole. The supporting pull rod slides to drive a spring coil of the torsional spring to rotate forwards or reversely around a metatarsophalangeal joint rotating shaft through the connecting rod, and the front foot sole is driven to do back stretching or
plantar flexion movement relative to the rear foot sole. The supporting and pulling rod enables the
torsion spring to generate different torsion angles when the front sole bears external force at different sliding positions, the rigidity of
metatarsophalangeal joints is changed, back stretching and
plantar flexion movement can be actively achieved, and meanwhile the rigidity and angle adjusting capacity is achieved.