Snoozy The Robot Sloth
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 19 of May , 2009 at 6:52 am
Snoozy isn’t an especially sophisticated robot, but as far as emulating a sloth goes, he does a pretty good job by not doing anything at all besides breathing. Inside his fuzzy body, Snoozy has an Arduino board, some pumps, and a latex glove. He not only inflates and deflates, but also inhales and exhales, just like a real sloth (how exciting!), although leaf breath (sloths eat leaves, right?) has yet to be implemented. The general idea was to create a toy that offers a passively tactile and relaxing experience, and it looks like it’s probably a pretty comforting bot to snuggle with. There are still a few bugs to be worked out (the pumps are a tad on the loud side), and there’s no information about an eventual product yet, much less pricing… Whatever it ends up costing, though, it’ll probably be way, way cheaper than a Paro.
[ Justin Blinder ] VIA [ BBG ]
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