the robot biker

Yamaha, the motorcycle brand, has created an autonomous robot to control a motorcycle with four-stroke engine. Motobot 2.0 is the second version of this robot. His goal was to compete for the best time on a circuit with Valentino Rossi.

For the test the motorcycle was not modified.They just put the humanoid on top. This robot was different from stand-alone in a road. This one went by circuit and did not need so many sensors. Finally, it works only with GPS, inclination and speed meter.

After some attempts the machine did not reach Rossi time for 30 seconds. This seems a lot, but exceeded 200 km / h, which is a speed that most motorists cannot reach.

The engineers say that they have learned a lot from this project and that they are already preparing a 3.0 version.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180126-meet-the-motorbike-racing-robot