The Heart Robot is a kind of creepy Tim Burton-esque puppet/robot experiment created by a team of Bristol UK researchers and artists in order to investigate the effects that a seemingly emotional machine can have on humans. I have a strange feeling it will somehow be responsible for the start of the zombie apocolypse. The demon puppet can sense changes in sound, light and movement through automated control of eye movement, a virtual heartbeat and breath which inflates his belly and exhales through his nostrils. Seriously?

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I totally want one. Visit Heart Robot's site for a video, a lot more pics, construction details, and some more experiments.