the local autumn festival

The synchronized dancing robots 'go, fight, win!'

Meet the Murata Cheerleading robots. Thursday components maker Murata Manufacturing unvalied these robots that look like a cartoonish girl sporting a red skirt and short black hair. A series of rollers under the skirt keep the robot balanced on a ball or rotate it in a particular direction to move around. Under the afro, meanwhile, nestles an infrared sensor and ultrasonic microphones that help the robot detect objects nearby. Three gyro sensors control motion from front to back, side to side and in rotation.
Murata plans to showcase its cheerleaders at the Ceatec tech expo from Oct. 7 to 11.