Rossi doesn't really have a serious challenger in Lorenzo, but a humanoid robot from Yamaha. At least that's what we can conclude from what Yamaha has prepared for us at the Tokyo Moto Show 2015, where there are tons of unusual projects, but the Motobot, which drives a 1000cc Yamaha R1M, certainly beats them all. His ride on the abandoned airport closely mimics the ride of a motorcyclist, and it seems that in the future man will no longer be the one who can make the best and fastest turns.
Motobot it is Japanese Yamaha humanoid robot, who threw down the gauntlet to professional motorcyclists. He knows how to drive a motorcycle down to the last detail, which he demonstrated when he rode a 1000 cubic Yamaha R1M. Yamaha's goal is to build a robot that can ride any unmodified motorcycle on a racetrack.
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At Yamaha, they claim that they have succeeded in creating series of control systems, which work precisely and harmoniously, and the intention is not to replace them Rossi and Lorenzo (he probably already wasted his new contract with Yamaha with a thumbs down at the last award), but improve motorcycle riding safety. Motobot, as you will see, has already attracted the attention of Valentino Rossi, who is probably more worried about Jorge Lorenzo and his "Trojan horse" Marc Marquez than Motobot.
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