14 February 2013

In Japan, Store Mannequins Mimic The Movements Of Customers

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Japanese clothing retailer United Arrows has found an innovative way to make customers pay attention to its display windows.



Using two ‘MarionetteBots’, these half mannequins-half robots are capable of mimicking the movements of customers that walk in front of the display windows.



Using Kinect technology and a series of wires, it allows the mannequins to copy the movement of any person—similar to a marionette



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[via Business Insider]