Yamaha has put a robot to drive one of his bikes in order to face Valentino Rossi in a circuit. The result was not good for the machines (the robot lost), but the speed acquired by the robot was quite impressive.
Here is the video of the race:
It was not a modified bike, it did not have two small wheels in the back. For example, proving that it is possible to create robots that tilt properly in real time at high speed, keeping the bike stable while managing acceleration and the brake.
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The robot analyzed road conditions, air resistance, and engine braking. Also, that is one of the first steps to incorporate autonomous features in commercial motorcycles, said Hiroshi Saijo, Yamaha’s executive director.
On the bike, it is possible to remain stable at speeds as low as 15 km / h. But in a straight line, it can reach 200 km / h. So, they managed to go around the track in 117.50 seconds, almost 32 seconds less than Rossi’s best, 85.74 seconds.
Motobot never navigates unknown roads and never finds traffic or pedestrians. So there is still a long way to go to put something like this on the streets.
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Obviously, MOTOBOT is really performing great. The PC, following three years of trials, has a significantly more noteworthy comprehension of bike dashing than a novice would. Yamaha trusts that by 2020, they’ll have sufficiently gathered from MOTOBOT to “convey new an incentive from Yamaha to our clients,” as per their site.
While Rossi sounds energetic for a rematch, it gives the idea that Yamaha will agree to second place as long as the normal, the non-dashing client can gather some genuine driving advantages from MOTOBOT, in which case we as a whole win.