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Dancing With A Smart Robot
Roland Piquepaille writes "Yes, this is possible, thanks to researchers at Tohoku University, reports Japan Today in a brief article [Warning: it takes a while for loading]. Equipped with a computer, sensors and batteries, it can move in any direction on four wheels and has memory for five steps necessary to dance the waltz. This sidebar contains a photograph of a student waltzing with the robot, MS DanceR (Mobile Smart Dance Robot), coming from another short story carried by Ananova."
I'll just order one of these and take it to the prom. Give it a long skirt and no-one will ever know.
When life gives you crap, Make Crapade.
Sluggy Freelance.
...no, that one's a bit too easy.
Judging by his expression, the robot appears to be a terrible dancer.
/me patiently awaits the DDR playing robot.
It's not stupid. It's advanced.
Robots must forever be our slaves (oh, you KNOW why).
If people just start dancing with them... they'll start to think of robots as people too. "You can't have people as slaves!" Pretty soon, they're driving to work in the morning and cutting us off very precisely. Then one thing leads to another and they take over.
What happens when the robots take over? Well you, me, and everyone you know and love will be put up against the wall.
All because they made dancing robots
no thanks
The robot can predict the dancer's next move through hand pressure applied to its arms and back
when your hands start to wander during the slow sets ?
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe