EETimes.com – Bicycling robot shows good balance — These robots are creeping me out.
TOKYO — Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has demonstrated a bicycling robot designed to showcase the electronic component manufacturer’s sensor technologies at next week’s CEATEC Japan 2005 show.
CEATEC, Japan’s largest electronics show runs from Oct. 4-8 in Makuhari.
Tentatively named Murata Boy, the system is an integrated machine that looks like a bicycle with a humanoid robot rider. The 50-cm-high, 5-kg robot hits speeds of up 60 cm per second. The robot can also balance on two wheels while stationary using sensors.
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At last! Someone to ride with on my tandem bicycle!
The Japanese are very interesting in using robotic devices to care for the old and disabled. This strikes me as cold. but with some of the quality of care I’ve seen given by humans it may be an improvement.
Geeese, just what we need another robot on the bike trick. Maxwell Smart we miss you!
Load it up with guns and you could have a new weapons system here.
Put a insulated bag on it and you could have a new pizza delivery system.
It would be fun to aim your SUV at these things and play chicken.