More infromation and photographs of the Murata Boy bicycling robot have shown up. They're in Gizmag's article on the subject. There are three low-quality pics included with the article, but two show an earlier version sans-cutesy-casing, which is interesting.
And since it is a slow news day in robotics (aside from the half-dozen print journals that are just now announcing who won the Grand Challenge) you get to see more of the Boy.
Murata's Robot Bicyclist [gizmag.com]
The Murata Boy was interesting and drew some attention at the show, but a lot of the trade press recognized it for what it was - a proof of concept work to show off Murata's products. One of the reporters went out of his way to politely take Murata to task a litte, and pointed out that they did almost exactly the same demonstration about 10 years ago.
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