A research team led by Mingyang Xu at Keio University , in collaboration with institutions including the MIT Media Lab, has unveiled a prototype floating companion robot that glides silently through the air instead of rolling across the floor. Rather than looking like another gadget, the robot resembles a tiny floating creature, drawing inspiration from characters such as Tinker Bell, Pokémon’s Mew, and Studio Ghibli’s Soot Sprites. The team recently demonstrated the concept...
