Comments on: Creepy Robot Video Dept. Murata Boy, the Robot that can Ride Bicycles http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:53:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Perry Noiya http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-812117 Perry Noiya Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:45:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-812117 Regarding my comment in 8. I take some doubt back. Here is another view. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/39okw9" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/39okw9</a> Perry Regarding my comment in 8. I take some doubt back.

Here is another view.

http://tinyurl.com/39okw9

Perry

]]> By: Angel H. Wong http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-812006 Angel H. Wong Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:17:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-812006 I have the urge to throw a wooden stick in front of it and see the robot kiss the concrete floor. I have the urge to throw a wooden stick in front of it and see the robot kiss the concrete floor.

]]> By: Mike Voice http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811842 Mike Voice Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:58:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811842 Reminds me of an electric-motor RC motorcycle I had, years ago. The tires were solid, dense rubber - and produced the gyroscopic effect which kept the cycle up-right.. once it was moving. Had a frame-work & cloth assembly that looked like a rider with helmet, and the hands were pegged to the bars. Front fork was free to move... steering was by shifting a low-slung weight to one side or the other - to change the center of gravity - and the cycle would then lean/turn in that direction. Reminds me of an electric-motor RC motorcycle I had, years ago.

The tires were solid, dense rubber – and produced the gyroscopic effect which kept the cycle up-right.. once it was moving.

Had a frame-work & cloth assembly that looked like a rider with helmet, and the hands were pegged to the bars.

Front fork was free to move… steering was by shifting a low-slung weight to one side or the other – to change the center of gravity – and the cycle would then lean/turn in that direction.

]]> By: ehines99 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811829 ehines99 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:42:26 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811829 You can see the gyros in the robot's "chest". At the beginning and end of the video they are rotating to hold the bike upright, once the bike is in motion the gyros are only used occasionally, at that point the bike's wheels are acting as the gyros. You can see the gyros in the robot’s “chest”. At the beginning and end of the video they are rotating to hold the bike upright, once the bike is in motion the gyros are only used occasionally, at that point the bike’s wheels are acting as the gyros.

]]> By: Cinaedh http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811603 Cinaedh Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:41:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811603 To hell with the science... Especially in absolute silence, that's just a spooky thing to watch. To hell with the science…

Especially in absolute silence, that’s just a spooky thing to watch.

]]> By: Perry Noiya http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811563 Perry Noiya Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:00:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811563 This isn't a robot riding a bicycle. It is a machine that looks like a robot riding a bicycle. Riding a bicycle involves walking up to the bicycle, getting on the bicycle, pedaling the bicycle and getting off of the bicycle. The "robot" in this video isn't capable of walking because it has pedaler's hips and its feet are pinned to the pedals. Japanese robotics is about appearance. Perry This isn’t a robot riding a bicycle. It is a machine that looks like a robot riding a bicycle. Riding a bicycle involves walking up to the bicycle, getting on the bicycle, pedaling the bicycle and getting off of the bicycle.

The “robot” in this video isn’t capable of walking because it has pedaler’s hips and its feet are pinned to the pedals.

Japanese robotics is about appearance.

Perry

]]> By: bac http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811508 bac Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:54:23 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811508 #3 May be the robot uses something similar to what the Segway uses. Next up is a robot that can swim. #3 May be the robot uses something similar to what the Segway uses.

Next up is a robot that can swim.

]]> By: GregA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811477 GregA Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:52:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811477 #3 The wheels? #3

The wheels?

]]> By: Peter http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811465 Peter Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:42:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811465 >>Anyone with more engineering than me want to take a guess about >>gyros? I'd like to engineer a gyro....with some mint mayo, grilled lamb and hot fries! >>Anyone with more engineering than me want to take a guess about >>gyros?
I’d like to engineer a gyro….with some mint mayo, grilled lamb and hot fries!

]]> By: Misanthropic Scott http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811461 Misanthropic Scott Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:36:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811461 Impressive balance for a robot. #3 - astro4554, Possibly. Or, they could do it the way you and I do. Thousands of tiny adjustments all the time. A gyro might make it too hard for the bot to ride in circles. I think it would provide too much directional stability as well as balance. Anyone with more engineering than me want to take a guess about gyros? Impressive balance for a robot.

#3 – astro4554,

Possibly. Or, they could do it the way you and I do. Thousands of tiny adjustments all the time. A gyro might make it too hard for the bot to ride in circles. I think it would provide too much directional stability as well as balance. Anyone with more engineering than me want to take a guess about gyros?

]]> By: astro4554 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811450 astro4554 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:21:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811450 There must be a big gyro in the body to keep it that stable There must be a big gyro in the body to keep it that stable

]]> By: Brandon http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811311 Brandon Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:52:05 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811311 I'd like to see him try to ride something like Sonoma County's Annadel State Park. Then we'll know that robots know how to have a good time. I’d like to see him try to ride something like Sonoma County’s Annadel State Park.

Then we’ll know that robots know how to have a good time.

]]> By: Mark T. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/09/30/creepy-robot-video-dept-murata-boy-the-robot-that-can-ride-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-811304 Mark T. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:40:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13878#comment-811304 Ha, now we can finally outsource all those overpaid kids with newspaper routes. Ha, now we can finally outsource all those overpaid kids with newspaper routes.

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