New Murata Girl Robot 'Seiko' Performs a Curvy Circus Act
Do you remember the little Murata robots, the adorable droids that ride bicycles and unicycles? Well, Seiko has been updated yet again; she could previously go back and forth on a narrow beam with her lone wheel, but now she can navigate curves. Click past the break, and see a video of her previous incarnation at last year's CEATEC, the Tokyo electronics show where the new Seiko will demo next ...
Riding a bicycle isn't exactly easy, especially if you're made of circuitry, wires, and a gyroscope. That was Murata Seisaku-kun's one trick, and now he's sadly obsolete. Meet Seiko, a 20-inch tall, 11 pound unicycle riding robot. Like her, uh, "cousin" Keisaku-kun, Seiko relies on a chest-mounted gyro to stay upright and uses Bluetooth to communicate with a PC that gives instructions. (Yes, she's ...









