Il robot costituita da rottami da contadino cinese Tao Xiangli è visualizzato nella sua casa a Pechino, in Cina, il 16 maggio 2013. Tao Xiangli, un 37-anno-vecchio inventore
The robot made from scrap by Chinese farmer Tao Xiangli is displayed at his home in Beijing, China, 16 May 2013. Tao Xiangli, a 37-year-old inventor from Beijing, China, has spent over 150, 000 yuan (US$25, 000) and more than 11 months building a functional robot made of scrap parts and wires bought from second-hand markets. The robot, described by Tao Xiangli as ugly, (but) kind of awesome, weighs in at 225 kg and was built with 110 separate parts and 3, 000 pieces of cable. Tao said the robot could perform simple movements and mimic human actions by using infrared rays. It can turn its neck, raise its legs and even shake hands at the flick of a switch on the board located on its back. Instead of creating a humanoid casing for his robot, Tao Xiangli decided to leave it naked so viewers could see every one of the over 110 scrap parts and 3, 000 wires required to make it work.
