Robot Model HRP-4C, To Hit The Tokyo Catwalk

From the electronic world of Japan, here’s another robot creation that attempts to "cause a stir" in the world of fashion – the £150,000 black-haired cyber beauty named HRP-4C who’s already scheduled to hit the Tokyo catwalk.


HRP-4C is a humanoid robot that is battery-powered in stormtrooper-like silver and black frame. The 30 motors in her body allow her to walk and gait like a supermodel, while the 8 motors in her face allow her to create human expressions like anger. (Isn’t catwalk models not allowed to show any expression?)

The fashion robot weighs 43 kg (95 lb), 158 cm (5 ft 2 inch) and has slimmed-down from an earlier weight of 58 kg (128 lb). According to Masayoshi Kataoka of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, the current shape of the Cybernetic model is designed to match the average Japanese woman. On the other hand, the robot’s eyes, face, and hair are based on Japanese "anime" comics.

But while fashion models are not as “extraordinary” as the robotic model, they need not worry. Even HRP-4C’s creator Hirohisa Hirukawa says that her model just "had an ordinary figure" and is only wired for entertaining.

HRP-4C is set to make her catwalk debut at a fashion show in Tokyo, Japan on March 23.