solarpunk-aesthetic:

This adorable little robot is designed to make sure its photosynthesising passenger is well taken care of. It moves towards brighter light if it needs, or hides in the shade to keep cool. When in the light, it rotates to make sure the plant gets plenty of light. It even likes to play with humans.

Oh, and apparently, it gets antsy when it’s thirsty.

The robot is actually an art project called “Sharing Human Technology with Plants” by a roboticist named Sun Tianqi. It’s made from a modified version of a Vincross HEXA robot, and in his own words, it’s purpose is “to explore the relationship between living beings and robots.”

I don’t care if it’s silly. I want one.

//www.instagram.com/embed.js

a-wandering-intern:

tyrannosaurus-rex:

acreaturecalledgreed:

stop bullying him

Let the yellow boy do his job

What i love about boston dynamics bots is how, despite being obviously robots, their movement and mannerisms are so close to those of real animals that we feel compelled to think they are animals.

Nonethless, they are good boys, and i love them.