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This fuzzy, purse-mounted robot is designed to ‘delight bystanders’
Best known for its Qooba cat pillow, Yukai Engineering has made a name for itself with some of the strangest little robots around. Who could forget, for
Image Credits: Yukai Engineering“Designed to re-create people’s joyful experiences of noticing a human baby as he/she tries to interact with them,” the company writes, “Mirumi moves its head in several different ways to express its curiosity, bashfulness and other baby-like qualities and emotions.” The firm says the product was dreamt up during an in-house “Make-a-Thon.” Its genesis is the Yokai: mischievous supernatural spirits found in Japanese folklore. Image Credits: Yukai EngineeringThe bot scans its surroundings, using a combination of motion and proximity sensing, as well as taps and movement of the bag onto which it is mounted.
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