A video of Hina [JP], a small female humanoid, is currently causing a sensation in the Japanese blogosphere. It shows Hina first grinding coffee beans, then brewing coffee before finally serving it to her master. And the little robot does it all by herself.
I have no idea how they did this, but the video (essentially a silent mini movie) is the best thing you’ll see all day.
Hina features a total of 21 joints (6 in each arm, 4 in each leg and one in her neck). The video has been viewed on Japanese geek video portal Nico Nico Douga [JP] over 100,000 times in 24 hours.
The video below is taken from YouTube as Nico Nico makes it hard to embed content – but it’s the same.
Via Getnews.jp [JP]
Additional hat tip to Francesco Fondi from Hobibox [ITA]
She looks pissed-off. Can’t they get her to smile?
I think this was the first robot that didn’t creep me out. Almost cute in a cartoon/stuffed animal kind of way.
*want one*
Given the country, I’m really surprised she’s not wearing a short, school-girl miniskirt and sporting much larger innocent blue eyes.
She doesn’t look very happy! I don’t know if I’d want her serving my coffee. Can’t they make a friendly barista version!?
I want one! Where can I get one? She’s adorable!
This is just one more reason people will cite for justifying dropping A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
LOL
@benvan4 – never heard more truthful words. I can’t believe the owner just makes it serve coffee. Japanese are into some pretty sick stuff, i’m surprised it doesn’t do fellatio. Or they have other robots for that I’m guessing.