Robotanic
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Breeze is an ambient robot inhabiting the body of a willow tree. Unlike us, Breeze can visually sense and react through 360 degrees, allowing her to reach out to you and others wherever you are near. Owing to a shape-memory alloy and hidden electronic wiring, its branches rise and positions themselves towards passersby in lightly undulating waves. Responding slowly or rapidly, the tree can have a brutal or gentle reaction.
Breeze is the first protoptype of Robotany, a collective made of Jill Coffin, John Taylor, and Daniel Bauen to combine nature and robotics. Via Grand Text Auto. |
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this picture does not show a willow - it is a japanese maple ;)
ah! well my knowledge in botanics stops at potatoes and bananas. thanks for the correction!
For documentation, see:
http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~jill/robotany/