defrog: (robot love)
defrog ([personal profile] defrog) wrote2009-03-17 12:53 pm

JAPAN’S NEXT TOP MODEL

... Is a robot.

ITEM [via Pink Tentacle]: Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have unveiled the HRP-4C fashion model robot that will make her official runway debut in a special fashion show in Tokyo next week.

VITAL STATISTICS

Height: 158 cm
Weight: 43 kg
Body motors: 30
Facial motors: 8
Cost: 200 million yen (= cheaper than Tyra Banks!)

 
 


Judging from the video, she’s got a long way to go in passing herself off as a real catwalk model – her moves remind me of a go-go dancer I once knew who had to do a pole dance after getting all-over sunburn in a tanning booth.

On the other hand, I appreciate the effort. And I love the idea that she looks like an Imperial Stormtrooper when she’s naked.

Cos, you know, that’s kinda hot.

Project runway,

This is dF