Simulation for Analysis of Unicycle Rider with Human-Unicycle Model

Riding unicycle is one of human skills requiring practice. A unicycle is unstable, and its practice of unicycle riding may be difficult in many situations for beginners because it becomes relatively terrible and is difficult to carry on continuously. A unicycle simulator has been developed in this project, the dynamics of the simulator can be adjusted according to the skill level of trainee, and then trainee can exercise effectively. As a result, trainee can ride a real unicycle after the short term exercise. A new evaluation how adequately balancing a man rides unicycle is introduced; CP, centre of pressure and MBP, moment balancing point. The profile of CP and MBP can reflect the rider’s skill. The effectiveness of this new evaluation is verified through numerical simulation of stabilization of Human-Unicycle model.