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Flower Robots For Your Home

Posted by timothy on from the pretty-high-on-maslow's-hierarchy dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Flower robots are not new, and some have already been developed in the US. Now, South Korean researchers have created a robotic plant which acts like real ones. This robot has humidifying, oxygen-producing, aroma-emitting, and kinetic functions. It is about 1.30 meters tall and 40 centimeters in diameter. The robotic plant can interact with people when they approach, and it can 'dance' when music is played. The researchers don't say when a commercial version of their flowers will come to the market. They also don't mention a retail price."

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  1. What is it with Asians and robots? by ah81 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, is there anything they don't want to turn into a robot?

  2. unAutotrophs by imatiach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Great, so now instead of planting flowers and trees that will form Glucose, give us Oxygen, supply all higher lifeforms and save the world every household will have a mechanical machine that will use up precious energy and resources. Sign me up!

  3. Its obvious! by BlackSabbath · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why have a living, breathing flower in a pot when you can have a pretend one that wastes so much more energy? Who wouldn't want that?

  4. why? by nicklott · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Looks like a solution in need of a problem to me. Real plants fulfil their functions just fine. And they look better.

  5. It's like "Catch" in the Wii by NoNeeeed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously, someone has actually created a game of catch on the Wii.

    He said it was because...

    but it's different for kids nowadays, because playgrounds and such places doesn't allow ball throwing any more.

    Simulated catch, robot dogs, and now robot plants.

    At the risk of sounding all "get of my lawn", this kind of thing is pretty depressing.

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    Paul Leader
  6. Hmmm... by vegiVamp · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do the robotic flowers absorb more CO2 and emit more oxygen than what is required to produce, power, and when they break down, recycle them ?

    Didn't think so. I'll take real flowers, kthxbye.

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    What a depressingly stupid machine.