Robotic Giraffe Really Likes to Be Pet
SAN MATEO, California — A seventeen-foot robotic giraffe with webcams in his eyes and special touch-sensitive sensors is proving a crowd pleaser this day at Maker Faire. “Hello, my name is Russell,” the electric giraffe, aka Rave Raffe, stated to a…
SAN MATEO, California — A seventeen-foot robotic giraffe with webcams in his eyes and special touch-sensitive sensors is proving a crowd pleaser this day at Maker Faire.
“Hello, my name is Russell,” the electric giraffe, aka Rave Raffe, stated to a crowd of children.
Russell rewarded children tickling his sensors by saying, “He. He. He. That tickles,” and “That feels nice.” It’s a little less disturbing than it sounds, as you can see in the video.
The whimsical giraffe is the creation of Russell Pinnington, after whom the robot was named, and Lindz Lawlor, who provides the base for its voice. You might have caught earlier versions of the beast at Burning Man over the last couple of years.
New for Maker Faire, you can see through Russell the Giraffe’s eyes via this webpage, which is streaming his vision of the world.
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