Honda:
In a global debut at CES, Honda unveiled its Riding Assist technology, which leverages Honda’s robotics technology to create a self-balancing motorcycle that greatly reduces the possibility of falling over while the motorcycle is at rest.
As a motorcyclist, this is really interesting and I desperately want more information. This is not a production bike though. It’s very much just a proof of concept at this point. But, if it does come to market, it might help riders, especially beginners, deal with those low speed manoeuvres that can be so difficult.
somewhat creepy – like an animal. reminds me of boston dynamics robots. or the motorcycle-terminators from t4 (if that movie really existed and wasn’t just a bad dream)
I prefer this one:
http://litmotors.com/
They don’t have the money and speed of something like Honda, and the company’s founder was recently in a serious near-fatal motorcycle crash (definitely not one of theirs!) which didn’t help with their development moving quicker, but I think they’ll get there.
The assist would also help with unseen ice and debris on the road.