Hina Coffee-Making Robot Stars In Hit Video

If you ever needed proof that the Japanese love their robots, then the viewing figures for this video of Hina should convince you.  Already racking up over 100,000 views in just 24 hours, the clip shows Hina making a cup of coffee – including measuring out the beans, grinding them, adding the water and even pouring it.Video after the cut

Hina stands 36cm tall and has 21 degrees of freedom, two gyroscopes and an acceleration sensor.  Her antenna are actually the swinging pig-tails you see in the video.  It's not entirely clear whether these were pre-programmed movements or done in real-time – a modified SEGA Saturn twin-stick controller is used – but either way, it's impressive.

A copy of the video (embedded below) has been viewed more than 100,000 times on Japanese portal Nico Nico Douga.  It's brilliant stuff, and I now know what I want for Christmas.

[via CrunchGear]