Review:
Development of Robotic Unicycles
Hisanobu Suzuki*, Shunji Moromugi**, and Takeshi Okura***
*Olympus Imaging Corp., 2951 Ishikawa-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8507, Japan
**Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Communication Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
***Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 1-3-6 Higashikawasaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0044, Japan

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