In recent years, driver assistance systems have made significant progress, with the development of technologies such as traction control, ABS, and others. Yamaha has a history of using automated and robotic safety systems to help create new technologies, such as the Motobot in 2015 and the AMSAS system in 2017.
AMSAS is designed to reduce the risk of rollovers at low speeds and to assist riders in avoiding collisions in real-time. It utilizes a 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) and drive and steering actuators to keep the motorcycle upright at low speeds. The development team even demonstrated the auto-balancing capabilities by instructing test riders to let go of the handlebars.
This technology is expected to be available in the future to help beginner riders easily avoid accidents, particularly at low speeds where up to 50% of all accidents are caused by driver error.
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