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Meet Murata girl: the robot that can ride a unicycle!
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><H1>Meet Murata girl: the robot that can ride a unicycle!</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P> By <A class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter" linkindex="30">Daily Mail Reporter</A><BR /> Last updated at 9:04 AM on 24th September 2008</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P>It's something most humans can't even manage, but scientists have created a robot that can ride a unicycle.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P>'Murata Girl', who was modelled on a kindergarten-age child, has sensors to keep her balance and can ride the cycle forwards and backwards.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/4FDFB3C7-3E92-4002-869F-F436F463F3A9" alt="Circus stunt: Scientists in Japan have created Murata Girl, who can ride a unicycle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P class="imageCaption">Circus stunt: Scientists in Japan have created Murata Girl, who can ride a unicycle</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/496C37F0-9F25-4BA8-9B43-F605EBF56762" alt="Murata Girl is a cousin to Murata Boy, right, created in 2005, who can ride a bicycle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P class="imageCaption">Murata Girl is a cousin to Murata Boy, right, created in 2005, who can ride a bicycle</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P> An electronic eye made of ultrasonic sensors tells the robot when she is about to bump into something and her robotic brain helps her change direction.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P>A series of gyroscopes in Murata Girl's body help her to stay balanced, even when stationary.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P>The 5 kg robot can be also be guided by humans using the same Blootooth technology that can be found in phones and computers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1060815/Meet-Murata-girl-robot-ride-unicycle.html"><P>The robot is the creation of Japanese technology group Murata Manufacturing.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6BF791AE-6FF7-44EF-98E3-2A49E4249386/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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