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Man Builds Robot Companion to Ride With on Tandem Bike

by Warren Riddle on September 20, 2009 at 12:41 PM


There are a variety of ways for lonely technology and science geeks to meet new friends and take part in exciting new activities, like going to conventions, visiting chat rooms, and signing up for dating services. If you're skilled enough, though, you could just build your own companion.

According to Gizmodo, a man named Carl has constructed Joules the robot specifically to occupy the empty seat on a bicycle built for two (thousand and nine). Considering the bike-bot's wussy PMG-132 pedaling motor, Carl may want consider adding some upgrades, unless he wants Joules to be the laughingstock of the robo-cyclist tour.

Even dogs can ride tandem bikes, so Carl probably needs to install a neuronet processor in order to give Joules learning capabilities. If the bot is to receive any sort of respect from his peers, he has absolutely got to lose those training wheels. [From: Bicycle Design via Engadget]

Tags: bicycle, bike, novelty, robot, tandem bike, TandemBike, top, weird

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