Robyn Robot Project [VIDEO]: 'Call Your Girlfriend' Singer is Honored by Sweden's KTH Mechatronics Students

Students studying at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden are focusing their annual robot project on Swedish pop star, Robyn. Each year at KTH, a group of students studying mechatronics build a robot together. This year, the group decided to construct a robot as a tribute to the Swedish singer in order to have her interact with the mechanical being. Robyn even got the chance to visit the students and see exactly what they have been up to.

You can stay in the loop with this project by following the students' blog. Here is an excerpt from the blog, explaining the project:

"This year is a little different though, since the students have decided to dedicate the robot to indie-superstar Robyn. The reason for this is Robyn's obvious love for robots. She has written several songs about them, such as "Fembot", "Robot Boy" and "The Girl And The Robot" - which is a collaboration with norwegian Royksopp. But there is another reason; Robyn has something any engineer can be inspired by - the urge to find new expressions and break new ground.

The main goal for this project is for Robyn to embrace and interact with the robot, both physically and digitally. But there is a secondary goal - to honor everyone who chooses to go their own way and has a desire to push our development forward. Because without them, we would be stuck in a much less pleasant time."

Here is an introductory video that also explains the Robyn Robot Project a little more:

Robyn also visited KTH to see how the students were doing. The video of this interaction has since been made private, but it might pop up on the project's blog so stay tuned. For now, enjoy the screenshot of the video (above) that we managed to get before it was made private!