On display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was Yamaha’s Motobot Ver.1. Based on the theme, “Beyond Human Capabilities”, the Motobot is a robot that rides a stock-standard Yamaha R1-M.
Except for the crash bars on the R1-M, which we assume is more to protect the robot’s technology than the bike, the machine was unveiled in October last year. Yamaha’s intention is for the Motobot to be better at racing than human racers. No, that is not a typo, Yamaha is developing the Motobot to race in 2017.
They’ve set themselves a lofty target too, which is to beat Valentino Rossi’s lap time at an unspecified track. From the video below, it appears that Yamaha have created a specialised robot that is configured to do one task perfectly, ride a motorcycle.
As a technology concept, the Motobot is an interesting development, especially in the field of safety. Humanoid robots can be used to safely test ergonomics and crash testing in real-world conditions, as opposed to static crash test dummies.
Yamaha should better focus on their faulty R1 gearbox instead of developing new gadgets.
are those 2 extra balancing wheels at the side? :O
LOL. I don’t think they have given it the ability to put its “legs” down when it comes to a stop.
IMHO, motobot to race in motogp wont work.It might attract attention in the first few race but can easily kill off the gp itself.Even if the bot can go lot faster than human.
All famous races or gp has always been combination of man and machine. Even F1 loss its attraction when the car had too much electronic and politics starts to cloud the race.
Pikes peak race wont be as heart stopping when we saw a robot pilot the car with half its outer tire hanging on the edge.
Moto gp is oso losing some attitude and colour now.The current rider is already like robot.
Anyway,luv to see how the bot react when it encounter with one of vr46 mind game during the race…hehehe.
phuuuussssssss!!
What was the objective for this technology?
“Humanoid robots can be used to safely test ergonomics and crash testing in real-world conditions, as opposed to static crash test dummies”
please read first before comment. Wakk lu