Taken from cnet,  Himawari, which means “sunflower” in Japanese, exhibits a lifelike, if slightly eerie, quality when moving slowly. A group of 48 white LEDs in the head twinkle in response to detected movement. Eighty actuators that use shape memory alloy move other parts of the flower for added effect.

Why build a robot plant? Nakayasu has apparently been influenced by the charmingly absurd creations of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, whose skeletal kinetic sculptures also seem slightly alive, but his message seems to be communication.

“That movement of the flower stem and the blossoming towards the sun seems to communicate a message,” Nakayasu writes. “(The robot’s) slow, weak and slender movements interact with human motion, trying to communicate, the same way a sunflower communicates with the morning sun.”

Here’s a video on it:

Ramen robot can make 800 bowls a day.. =) pretty cool ya.. Hopefully delivery is faster and taste nicer. =p

And i believe there’s definately more consistency.. =)

The concept looks pretty cool though its looks could be improved. But expressions in iphone screen would be good maybe coupled with text to speech and emotions. Something i could think about. =)

hmm. when i do have the time, i’ll definitely develop a humanoid for myself..

On a side note, been busy in the holidays.. and school is starting soon. Time really flies.

Hopefully i make a right choice in the next few days.

Giant Beetle Robot in Japan

With a length of 11m and a width of 9.5m..

PLUS

18m Gundam at Odaiba Island

and a 18m Gundam at Japan’s Odaiba Island in July..

can i built one too?

oh.. latest transformers video looks incredible too.. damn cool.. waiting for it to come out.