AI bike developed in China self-balances, avoids obstacles and responds to voice commands

We already have driverless cars, but scientists have now created a self-cycling bicycle. Perfect for the wobbly rider, the bike keeps itself upright, spots speed bumps and automatically swerves around obstacles. The bicycle is powered by artificial intelligence, so just like voice-operated assistant Alexa, responds to commands to speed up, slow down and turn left or right. It was created by researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing, using a small AI chip mounted on the back wheel. The breakthrough comes three years after a spoof April Fool's video from Google which suggested the firm had created a self-riding bike, but revealed in a'making of' video that it had been faked.