Murata’s Robot Balances on a single Wheel

You can ride a bicycle having two wheels, but have you thought of riding on one wheel? Sure , some waiters in Eastern Spain restaurants can do, but it cannot be our cup of tea. That too without practice? Naah…right?

Seiko is Murata’s invention that rides a unicycle and weighs about 11 pound, 20 inch tall. Seiko relies on a chest mounted gyro that keeps it upright and also,  it has bluetooth to communicate to a PC. Ofcourse, it must have a PC to give it instructions?

We saw it rolling out on one wheel at CEATEC, JAPAN 2008.

Robotic Flies, the future spies

Robotic flies maybe the future of military surveillance. The project is being funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency and a team of researchers led by Robert Wood from Harvard have developed a Robotic fly that does surveillance and chemical detection.

The wingspan of the fly is 3cm and a dry weight of 60mgms the flies robotic parts are made of carbon fibre and polymer.