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Dancing With A Smart Robot

Posted by timothy on from the your-electronic-companion dept.

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."

2 of 170 comments (clear)

  1. Great for Slashdotters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    This is close to the real thing as any slashdot reader could get!

    Linux users might want to also order the "male anatomy package" add-on...

  2. Re:Great! by Grizzlysmit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    actually she's somewhat androgenous :-)

    --
    in my life God comes first.... but Linux is pretty high after that :-D
    Francis Smit