Tuesday, 20 January 2015

100 Robi robots perform spectacular dance in Tokyo

Humanoid communication robots called Robi perform a synchronized dance during a promotional event called 100 Robi, for the Weekly Robi Magazine, in Tokyo

These dancing robots performed a synchronised dance routine Tokyo, Japan, on Monday 20th January.

Each Robi is just over 35 centimetres tall and costs almost £1,000.
Their creator Tomotaka Takahashi wanted to make a robot that could be mass produced, for a low cost. (From CBBC newsround)


A hundred humanoid communication robots called Robi perform a synchronized dance during a promotional event called 100 Robi, for the Weekly Robi Magazine, in Tokyo January 20, 2015. The 34cm-tall (13.4-inch) robot, designed by Tomotaka Takahashi, chief executive officer of Robo Garage Co and project associate professor of Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo, is able to speak, walk and dance. The weekly magazine comes with parts of the robot, which allows buyers to have a fully assembled Robi after 70 issues. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Christmas trees donated for lions to play with

Lions at a zoo in Cambridgeshire have found a new use for old Christmas trees.




They've been given the real trees to play with and have been enjoying rolling around with them.
Linton Zoological Gardens are also using some of the trees in their bio-burner to provide heating for the buildings.
Zuri the lion 'romps' with a Christmas tree
Zuri, an African lion, has become quite attached to his tree

Manager Dawny Greenwood said: "They just love the trees, it gives them hours of fun."
People have been dropping off their trees and some companies have donated unsold ones.
FromCBBC newsround

It's really a good use for those "old" Christmas trees, but it's a pity that they were cut off the forests where they belong and have a much worthy role. Nevertheless I love animals and I always feel happy when they have a nice treatment in Zoos as well as in reserves or in the wild. We all must protect animals if we want nature to survive to development.

Mª Dulce Branquinho