Murata has developed a unicycle-riding robot modeled on the image of a kindergarten girl- MurataGirl ('09 model). tanding on its lone wheel, the robot can remain stationary, go back and forth and move along a curve by using built-in gyro sensors. She can ride at 15cm/sec-three times faster than 2008 model.
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According to Murata’s press release, the new robot is named Seiko-chan, the younger paternal cousin of their previous bicycle riding robot named Seisaku-kun. Born in Shiga prefecture on September 23 (and thus a Virgo), the “active but very shy” robot enjoys practicing her unicycle skills in the park. Her dream is to cycle the world with Seisaku-kun.The video above shows a previous Murata robot, which can ride a bicycle.
The above video shows Seisaku-kun in action.
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