VIDEO: Yamaha experimenting with robo riders
Motorbot capable of beating MotoGP racer, Valentino Rossi, round track, will boost rider safetyYamaha has released an incredible video of a new robotic motorcycle rider that said to, in the future, be capable of riding a MotoGP bike faster than the professionals - presumably without punting another rider off the track while it does it.
The new autonomous motorcycle-riding humanoid robot has been built to currently lap an unmodified motorcycle on a race track at speeds of in excess of 200km/h. The reason, says Yamaha, is the complex task of developing a robot that can control a fast bike at speed that can be applied later to the creation of greater advanced rider safety and support systems - including self-riding motorbikes.
Yamaha isn’t the first company experimenting with self-ride technology, Google has applied to the State of California to ask permission to test an autonomous motorcycle called the Ghostrider.
It’s only a matter of time then before James Cameron’s Harley-riding Terminator becomes reality.
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