The 'head-only robot' knows how to find light to photosynthesize, signaling when the plant is thirsty

The product comes from the tree love of robot expert Sun Tianqi.

First of all, we must admire the vitality of plants: they always grow toward light, showing a strong survival instinct. Each tree crime has no legs, it is impossible to walk in the light alone, but only to stretch yourself forever. Evolution has yet to give plants a leg.

Robot scientist and business owner Sun Tianqi was deeply emotional at that feeling, directing his Vincross company to make a six-legged robot with a tree on its head , with the aim of always turning to the light source, allowing the The tree is growing normally.

Six-legged robot with a tree on its head.

At first glance, this "head-to-plant-only" robot is identical to the Bulbasaur. It always lights up when the scale needs photosynthesis, and will back into the shade when "charging" enough sunlight for the tree on its head. He also knows how to "play" with humans if we touch his head, when "thirsty" of water, he will stomp on 6 tiny feet to signal us.

The jumping robot signals every time the plant is thirsty.

It is unclear how this robot tracks indicators such as light, shade or moisture. But simple sensors can also do it, so it's not difficult. The Verge news page contacted Sun Tianqi for more information about the lovely little robot.

Tianqi said he was inspired to create a robot when he saw a dried sunflower in a dark corner at a technology exhibition. Plants are too "gentle", we can cut them down, burn them, uproot them and they can't do anything. "The amount of freedom they hold in their hands is too few, at least among the creatures living in nature," Tianqi said. But we humans have countless ways to move, from bicycles to spacecraft, why not extend our hands to help the beloved plants?

Robots find light to photosynthesize.

"With the robot leg, plants can become more mobile even interact with us," Tianqui wrote in his post. "I really hope that this project can inspire the special relationship of nature and technology".

The small robot gives us countless combinations of future ideas.

A small robot gives us countless combinations of future ideas. The robot vacuuming we still drop in the house will have a companion who is a robot that grows plants on its head, can find its own light source to live, remember to water the robot every time it is thirsty.

If we enlarge this robot a few dozen times with a giant tree on our head, our garden will be much more lively. Can you imagine that scene?