P-Noir

P-Noir

The well-known robot designer and founder of Flower Robotics, Tatsuya Matsui, realized that in 2001 humanoid robots played a role resembling that of a clown. With this in mind, he developed the P-Noir robot, an interactive dance robot made to entertain consumers.

The robot was inspired by a Pierrot, which is a melancholic black clown, thus the name “P-Noir.” P-Noir is not always that melancholic, however. She can display emotions by laughing or sobbing, and dances with humans by using her sensors to detect a person’s movements and mimic them.

This female humanoid robot is made of a silicon material and has a built-in music box which plays “La Chanson De L’adieu.” According to Tatsuya Matsui, this was his way of saying goodbye to his previous design, “Pino.”

Features:

• Displays emotions by laughing or sobbing
• Dances with humans
• Uses sensors to detect a person’s movements
• Made of silicon material
• Has built-in music box
• Plays “La Chanson De L’adieu”