A lot of robots you see on television have an amazing amount of stuff they can do, but they often have one fatal flaw: they are really, really slow. Like they can figure out the mass of a planetoid by looking at it (Data), or can single-handedly shutdown an illicit drug factory (Robocop), but if you break into a brisk jog, you have them beat.

Well now robots can ride bikes. How about that.

From Murata Manufacturing, the Murata Boy is able to ride a bike forwards and backwards, can be controlled via BlueTooth, and is nimble and smart enough to avoid obstacles. And the Murata Boy just isn't programmed to know the concept of fear -- as you can probably tell, when watching him ride, flawlessly, over a balance beam.

Murata Boy's terrific balance is courtesy of the fantastic power of the gyroscopes in his chest.

Although all is not fun and games in Murata Boy's existence. A huge tabloid controversy was ignited in Japan when video footage of Murata Boy using his bike-riding skills to lure young children off of a playground was leaked onto the Internet.

Murata Boy's spokespeople have denied any allegations of wrong-doing, although it the robotics underworld, it is a well known fact that Murata Boy is one of the many underlings of criminal mastermind fembot Actroid.