Robot cheerleaders demonstrate today's advanced car technology

They're cute and cheery, but are also packed with some of the advanced auto technology we may not be aware of. This team of 10 robot cheerleaders from Japanese electronics maker Murata was on show here on Thursday. Each robot balances freely on a ball and is able to roll around in formation with the others while staying upright. Koichi Yoshikawa, the spokesperson for Murata's development team, told Mashable that the cheerleaders each contain three gyro sensors working at a rate of 1,000 calculations per second to keep their bodies upright on the balls and move them in the right direction. The robots communicate with two panels equipped with ultrasonic and infrared sensors (similar to what the Xbox Kinect uses) that recognize them and synchronize them with the computer program.