Flossie Evaluates Motorcycles, Can’t Actually Ride Them (Yet)
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 21 of July , 2009 at 5:41 am
When Castrol needed to test how well their lubricants performed on various motorcycles under different conditions, they needed a rider that knew a thing or two about precision reproducibility. And industrial lubricants. Meet Flossie, Castrol’s testing robot, who is able to sit on a bike and do everything that a human rider would do, except way better and forever. Just like a human, Flossie is able to learn and adapt to different clutches on different bikes, but unlike a human, Flossie isn’t set up to actually go anywhere. That’s okay, though… If you want a robot who knows how to go somewhere on a bike, just look up Murata Boy. Or for that matter, ditch the boy and get yourself a robot bike that drives itself. Video of Ghost Rider, from the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005, after the jump.
[ Faster and Faster ] VIA [ Engadget ]
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