Rossum's Children

MSNBC has an article up about Murata Boy's demo at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technology (CEATEC). It gives a little more detail about the miniature cyclist (5 kilograms, half a meter tall) and his technological tricks (how he balances while stopped, what his company has planned for him in the future).

It also included a picture, the one you see here. I don't know if there were any Japanese girls in the show floor, but I imagine if there were, shrieks of "Kawaii!" were common whenever he was put out to show off.

Japanese robot goes bike-riding [MSNBC.MSN.com]