The Toro-bots were built by Tokyo-based Professor Alvaro Cassinelli
He fitted Japanese-style lanterns to the top of PhantomX quadrupeds
These lamps can be controlled collectively, or individually, using an iPad
They walk, flash their lights and can be made to 'dance'
Cassinelli designed them a ‘generative garden’ that can ‘take care of itself’
They can even move out of the way if someone walks near them and be programmed to follow you around so you’re never in darkness.
The Toro-bots were built by Tokyo-based artist Alvaro Cassinelli and are made using PhantomX quadrupeds fitted with Japanese-style lights.
The Toro-bots, pictured, were built by Tokyo-based Professor Alvaro Cassinelli. He fitted Japanese-style lanterns to the top of PhantomX quadrupeds. These lamps can be controlled collectively, or individually, using an iPad. They walk, flash their lights and can be made to 'dance'
The quadrupeds used in Casinelli’s robots were made by Illinois-based Trossen Robotics and cost $949.95 (£568) each.
Each of Casinelli's lamps have a ‘personality’ and can sense their surroundings using infrared rangefinders.
They then communicate with a central computer using an Xbee network, which can be controlled by an iPad, or other wireless network.
The lamps are also fitted with infrared blinking LEDs and a 120Hz IR camera that can scan the garden and be used to track the robots.
The lamps can be controlled collectively, or individually, using an iPad and they were designed for a ‘generative garden’ exhibition at the French Institute of Culture in Tokyo: Digital Shock.
'Following clear aesthetic principles, a Japanese garden is designed to recreate the eyes and foster contemplation and meditation.
‘We propose a garden that takes care of itself, that somehow understands and reinterprets the rules of harmony and equilibrium, and reconfigures itself depending on the season, and the presence or absence of a human observers.'
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