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Murata Boy and Murata Girl

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Murata Boy and Murata Girl
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Murata Boy and Murata Girl are two self-balancing robots developed by Murata Manufacturing, a Japanese electronic components company. The company developed the robots to showcase a range of their products and generate publicity.[2][3] The robots are designed to be as energy-efficient as possible, both in their basic technological components and through features like automatic sleep mode.[1]

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Murata Boy

Murata Boy is a bicycle-riding robot which, standing 50 cm tall and weighing 5 kg, can travel at a speed up to 2 km per hour. It can balance on the bike moving forwards, backwards, and when remaining still (without planting his feet on the ground). The robot is equipped with:[2][4]

Murata Boy was listed on TIME magazine's list of Best Inventions of 2006.[5]

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Murata Girl

Murata Girl is a unicycle-riding robot released in 2008, standing 50 cm tall and weighing 6 kg that can travel at a speed of 5 cm per second and can ride along a balance beam.[1][2] She is equipped with the following:[2][6]

  • gyro sensors (for stability and redressing)
  • a shock sensor (for impact detection)
  • a temperature monitor
  • a CCD camera
  • an ultrasonic sensor (for obstacle detection)
  • an infrared sensor (for detecting human movement)
  • Wi-Fi and energy-efficient close-distance bluetooth modules
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