CES 2017 has seen many wacky technologies being launched and one of those things is Honda’s self-balancing motorcycle which is modified NC750S which uses technology derived from Honda’s self-balancing unicycles to keep itself upright. Plus, it can follow the user around at walking pace.
Honda has thrown itself into self-balancing personal transport gear. The U3-X and UNI-CUB unicycle devices are, fun little jiggers built to solve a potentially devastating problem Japan is facing earlier that the rest of the world.
By 2050, projections have shown a population with nearly twice as many 70-80 year olds as 20-30 year olds. There won't be enough youngsters to do the work of keeping the country going as well as taking care of the oldies.
So Honda and the rest of the Japanese robotics industry are scrambling to figure out how to make older people as mobile and independent as possible. Self-balancing walking pace unicycles like the two mentioned above provide last-mile transport assistance that open up most of a city to somebody that can't walk long distances, when you consumers them in conjunction with public transport.
