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Dancing Robots Help Preserve Japanese Culture

Posted by timothy on from the pickling-is-a-form-of-preservation dept.

Neil Halelamien writes "As reported on robots.net and other sources, researchers at Tokyo have used the HRP-2 Promet humanoid robot to help preserve moves from ancient Japanese dance for future generations. The researchers used motion capture to record the movements of a dancing master, then encoded and replayed them on the robot. The HRP-2 Promet robots are themselves quite interesting, capable of standing up after lying down and non-autonomously operating a backhoe. The external appearance was created by a designer known for his work on several anime series."

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  1. I am sorry to say but... by deft · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one CANNOT welcome some japanese dancing fairy robots as my overlords. Maybe if they were veritech and at least transformed, but these robot overlords are way to geisha for me.

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    There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
    1. Re:I am sorry to say but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      They aren't fairies you incensitive clod, they are robosexuals!

  2. These dancing robots that preserve the culture... by ballsanya · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do the do DDR?

  3. Turn, step, turn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...kill all the humans. Step, step, turn, shuffle, kill all the humans...

  4. GET HIM!!! by MochaMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it because I'm living in Japan and out of sync with all of you?

    Living in Japan... out of sync...? Nice try, robot scum -- you'll never take us alive!

    Just like a goddamn robot to go for first post...