The Ghostrider Robot

The Blue Team is developming cutting edge technology to solve difficult problems in robot navigation using inovative approaches.
　　The Ghostrider Robot (aka Dexterit), an entrant to the upcoming "Grand Challenge" race sponsored by DARPA, is an autonomous self-balancing robotic motorcycle.
　　Science fiction fans may remember the smart bike in Bruce Sterlings 1998 novel Distraction, which he describes as having onboard steering and balance systems. And why should you work harder at having a two-wheeled vehicle?

• Single track (two wheel) vehicles cost less, are more efficient and can traverse more extreme environments because they only have conform to the terrain in one axis.

• For these reasons, two wheeled vehicle are the second most common means of locomotion for humans, second only to walking!

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