Yamaha’s Motobot takes on Rossi
It looks like the robots aren’t ready to take ♓over just yet. At least nꦯot while Valentino Rossi’s around.
Yamaha’s motorbi🎶ke-riding robot, called Motobot, took on Rossi at Thunderhill Raceway Park, California, and finished more than 30 seconds behind the ni🌞ne-time GP world champion.
Motobot’s lap 😼time was 115.5 seconds, while Rossi manꦏaged 85.74 seconds on a similar R1M.
Motobot has been in ꦆdevelopment for three years – with the odd crash along the way, the video shows.
It looks like the robots aren’t ready to take over just yet. At least �ꦉ�not while Valentino Rossi’s around.
Yamaha’s motorbike-riding robot, called Motobot, took on Rossi at Thun♏derhill Raceway Park, California, and finished more than 30 seconds behi🦩nd the nine-time GP world champion.
Motobot’s lap time was 115.5 seconds, while Rossi managed 85.74 seconds on 🤡a similar R1M.
Motobot has be🐼en in devel🍸opment for three years – with the odd crash along the way, the video shows.
While it clearly still has a lo💮ng way to go before ach🏅ieving its goal to “surpass” Rossi, the technology is likely to be used to improve rider aids for humans, such traction as control.
