MURATA BOY – Self Balancing Bicycle Riding Robot

MURATA BOY is a self balancing robot that is packed with electronics to allow it to have extraordinary balancing capabilities. The specs are impressive especially considering the small size of the unit however watch the videos, they are something else!

Videos and more pictures after the jump.

“The little guy does not fall down, even when he comes to a complete stop. And, it’s not training wheels keeping him up, but a gyro sensor located underneath his seat that detects tiny movements to calculate the slanting angle of the body. Once the angle is figured out, a large rotating disc in the robot’s chest generates force to correct the slant.”

Via: EEbeat

 

12 Comments


  1. wowowowowowowoww!


  2. Yeah “Wow” and “wtf”
    Also, how big is the damn thing?


  3. I was thinking it was human sized when I saw the videos at first but look at the second last picture, the guy looking at it is close up. So it is quite small, in my eyes this makes it more impressive since all the electronics now have less space to live than I initially suspected.



  4. Hi, Alan

    Yeah, he’s about 19 inches tall.

    Thanks.

    Ralph Raiola


  5. id say, judging by the tripod and other objects in the last pic,
    he is no more than 12 inches tall.


  6. wat is the component that the bicycle need in order to stand straight?
    wat kind of motor did it used to go forward and to steer left right?
    wat other component does it need to be that perfect?
    it can also goes into reverse mode, it is magnificent!


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