Each year, since 1954, the Tokyo Motor Show aims to become the premiere technology motor show in the world—and this year’s event, themed “Technology + Fantasy,” is no different—already wowing visitors with automakers’ latest advancements in autonomous vehicles and green technology.

Of course, when a theme has “fantasy” in the title, you can expect some of the exhibitions to incorporate the kind of auto-gadgetry seen only in an episode of The Jetsons.  

And then there’s Yamaha, which threw down the fantasy gauntlet with its autonomous, motorcycle-riding humanoid robot.

The robo-biker, named Motobot, was designed to handle the fastest motorcycles on earth, and R&D is currently underway to develop the robot to ride an unmodified motorcycle on a racetrack at more than 120 mph.

At the Tokyo Motor Show, it was seen sporting a 1000cc R1M motorbike.

“The task of controlling the complex motions of a motorcycle at high speeds requires a variety of control systems that must function with a high degree of accuracy,” Yamaha says on its website.

“We want to apply the fundamental technology and know-how gained in the process of this challenge to the creation of advanced rider safety and rider-support systems and put them to use in our current businesses, as well as using them to pioneer new lines of business.”

Yeah, and also—the fusion of motorcycles and robotics is just cool.

“I am not human,” Motobot acknowledges in its concept video, “but there has to be something only I am capable of. I am Motobot. I was created to surpass you.”

Listen, last night I couldn’t even reignite the pilot light in my water heater; I’m not about to argue with the logic, arrogant as it might be, of a human-shaped, quasi-sentient computer with the dexterity and reaction time to operate heavy machinery at twice my normal interstate highway driving speed.