Robot Mood Tail Is A Must For Furries

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 20 of October , 2009 at 12:06 am

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Why is it that so many animals get to have tails, but not humans? It’s just not fair, because so so often I find myself in a tail wagging mood. Wei-Chieh Tseng has constructed a strap-on robotic tail which looks, and acts, enough like the real thing to satisfy any expressive needs you may have. Built with an Arduino board and a servo or two, the tail is directly controllable with a Wiimote, or using RFID tags that represent different emotions:

Hmm, I wonder if there’s a yiff mode on this thing…

VIA [ Engadget ]

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