Japanese Build Dancing Robot Squid

November 15, 2006

Thanksy, avert your eyes!

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The “squid robot”, Hakodate it is even in the squid and also the dance is possible

You aim toward August of next year real debut, “the squid robot”

　The prototype of the “squid robot” completed in Hokkaido which is known with water raising of the nationwide prominent squid, & Hakodate city which on the 11th, in the press corps, witty “Hakodate was and danced and” announced. August of next year “the Hakodate port it enshrines and” with aims toward real debut.

　As for robot, height approximately 2.2 meters and weight approximately 150 kilometers. When 10 expanding the foot which is, as for width there are nearly 2 meters, the plastic make for fishing industry and so on float and they are used. There is each three joints in 2 these feet, moves to 512 sorts by pneumatics of the compressor and “is and dances and” it dances.

　“[robotsutohuesu] in densely meeting of the [te] citizen who is”, public institution densely entrusted development to the [te] future large, Hakodate technical college and the like which is, applied 4,850,000 Yen development expenses and was produced. In the future the receiving device of the portable telephone is installed and choreography of the dance is done, the schedule which the function which word is given out is attached.