Yamaha self-balancing motorcycle - GIF

[Altair]

Yamaha self-balancing motorcycle.




Previously:

Honda self-balancing motorcycle - GIF
Tilting tricycle suspension - GIF
Unusual bicycle front suspension - GIF
2018 Yamaha Niken tircycle - photo
Yamaha FZ750 Moko D10 motorcycle - photo

[old kodger]

Just THINK of the number of things on that bike to go wrong. All it needs now is an electric motor and lithium batteries, then in an accident we have what could be called an explosive ending.

[Frank S]

Just THINK of the number of things on that bike to go wrong. All it needs now is an electric motor and lithium batteries, then in an accident we have what could be called an explosive ending.

It must already be electric powered, But the only thing that even remotely denotes it as being a motorcycle is because it only has 2 wheels,

[bob_3000]

That bike is amazing! Imagine the combination of that thing with someone riding it giving it the feedback/input it needs to be totally stable a speed? Incredible potential.

[old kodger]

It must already be electric powered, But the only thing that even remotely denotes it as being a motorcycle is because it only has 2 wheels,

It's a nice example (proof) of the comment that AI stands for absolute insanity.
Just think what happens when Joe Dopey is riding it...to it's limits,when the computer (or sensor) malfunctions.

[bob_3000]

It's a nice example (proof) of the comment that AI stands for absolute insanity.

It isn't AI it's physics.

[nova_robotics]

I do like this. It's amazing. Also it looks very Terminator. But I don't know how practical it would be as a bike. It seems like it would be trying to lean, and I would be trying to lean, and it would be horrible. Ever have the girlfriend on back and she doesn't know how to lean and the bike's wobbling all over the place? Yeah like that.

[old kodger]

It isn't AI it's physics.

Not AI? What do you think it is then bloody magic?

[bob_3000]

Not AI? What do you think it is then bloody magic?

It's basically an electronic gimbal, sensors tell the actuators where the leanings are and the actuators compensate.

Maybe you don't know what AI is...AI learns, develops, grows and makes decisions, a self balancing bike system just reacts to inputs.

[old kodger]

It's basically an electronic gimbal, sensors tell the actuators where the leanings are and the actuators compensate.

Maybe you don't know what AI is...AI learns, develops, grows and makes decisions, a self balancing bike system just reacts to inputs.

There you nailed it Bob "sensors and actuators" yup! and when that technology fails, for ANY reason it'll go tits up.