Robot Cyclist

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A Japanese robotics company has developed 'Murata Boy' - a cycling robot that can move and balance on his own.

  1. By: Diagonal
  2. Categories Entertainment, Science & Tech
  3. Views 114,601
  4. Added :18-Jul-08
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  • I don't get it

    The bike even remains steady when stopped? How come? Something's fishy here... Or untold perhaps. As presented this video doesn't make any sense at all. Robots don't have supernatural powers.

    By Killbum 1216592116
    • Segway has supernatural powers too!

      Ghosts in the machines, heheheh

      By saskview 1217374470
    • No, but the robot has a gyro.

      I believe you can see part of it operating in the front view, a spinning device that stops and changes direction. Not new, but in this application, very sophisticated.

      By Sharon Bone 1216832116
    • Yo, heres the explanation

      the robots uses position detection gyro sensors. it said on the vid at 0:24

      By saulsanchez123 1216596981
    • you can do it too in real life

      You can stop riding your bike and still balance it
      it is very hard and not easy at all but I could do it... its fun.

      By DucNguyen 1216661548
    • Oh, ok then,

      supernatural powers it is. :-)

      By Killbum 1216642080
    • Supernatural???

      It's not supernatural. Look up gyroscope properties in a good encyclopedia.

      By Deputy Dogg 1216644140
    • ok, I get it,

      Supernatural Gyroscope...?

      By Killbum 1216989977
  • nice...

    japan developing these types of robot for more than tons over the past years... Since now i have never heard about these types of robots were used mainly in any industries or events in all over the world.. I will say it's a time waste for developing a robot riding a cycle...

    By sri gug 1250315611
  • funny

    but i can ride myself

    By guy52 1247969281
  • Japanese

    You Americans wouldn't understand anyways, with the too little amount of blood in ur prozac veins. :D
    (Im not talking about all, but about those stupid ones saying things like ;"it's magnets")

    By iori999 1247610649
  • great invention..but i dont c how it wil...

    ..

    By sameh90 1219601950
  • i want

    one for my birth day

    By billyisbored 1218829678
  • damn.

    a fine robot but it shows just how far off from the perfect future of robot ninjas on bikes we really are.

    By turfturbo 1217263351
  • kool

    i want that for x-mas

    By eslerh 1216961276
  • cool

    rememer to give these guys the credit when AI takes over

    By matvause 1216910839
  • magnets?

    lol i think this is stabilize by magnets or some kind of magnetic devices, not the so called position detection gyro lol

    By drinkingamer 1216867162
  • Congrats

    You've made a robot that can ride a bike around, now try getting with the program and beating Honda's robot that can walk 4 times as fast as this waste of money. The only useful thing coming out of this robot would be its so called "precision sensors" that allow it to balance on a bike, that is, if they're real and not a hoax.

    By DDDBrainiac 1216839101
    • It does not ride

      none of the limbs actualy do anything. There is a black motor over the back wheel that drives the tyre through friction and a red telescopic actuator to steer.

      By fpojohn 1217016863
  • 4 Xst sake

    just make something usefull.

    By kakavida 1216747173
  • the

    muslims can teach the robots to be suicide bombers now. The robot will end up with 70 virgin robots. Or 70 vibrators.

    By dogbreth 1216735896
    • Funny.

      then we can trade them batteries for oil.

      By Sharon Bone 1216832192
    • and how about you

      what u'll get?
      a hot stick up in ur ass. crying for help and can't find, or jesus i guess will be there for you. good luck with that, jesus doesn't have time for people like you.


      By co2hnm 1216783341
  • hhmmm

    that's exactly what we need !!

    By Lightang3l 1216718138
  • Great

    but how does it maintain that good balance with the low speed?

    By Sweet_Licker 1216630790
  • DAMN, amazing.

    Reminds of the movie irobot, I hope computers will turn into robots one day, interact with humans. that would be cool.

    By MuErTe97 1216574255
  • OMG

    can we see more robotics boys soon? how fantstic

    By dotty2 1216489585
  • Very neat

    Amazing balance, for such a slow speed too.

    By CelticMadScientist 1216423044
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