Bike-riding robot entered for Tour de France.

I liked this short piece from Bike Biz about the creation of a bike-riding robot. They reported that the 50cm tall, 5kg robot can reach speeds of 60 cm per second, can track-stand on a 2cm wide beam and has been entered for next year's Tour de France. Apparently, only the last bit has been made up.

Japanese electronics firm Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. featured the bicycling robot on its booth at the CEATEC Japan 2005 electronics show.