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October 18, 2013 06:00 am GMT
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Robotic Petting Zoo Replaces Animals With Plastic Tentacles
It calls itself a petting zoo — but this installation at a French art center looks a lot different from what you might expect
The architecture and design team Minimaforms, formed by brothers Stephen and Theodore Spyropoulos, created a robotic Petting Zoo that uses Xbox Kinect sensors to bring animal-like qualities to plastic tubes
Now on display at the FRAC Centre, the tubes hang from the ceiling waiting for curious visitors to interact with them. They can move playfully or angrily, mimicking the reactions of animals in a traditional petting zoo. They also light up different colors to accentuate their reactions. Read more...
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