Japanese folk-dancing robot

[Mulboyne]

TBS: Humanoid Robot Capable of Dancing to Japanese Folk Song
A humanoid robot dances with smooth movements to the tune of the traditional folk song "Aizubandaisan" which originated in Fukushima Prefecture. The robot developed by a consortium led by the University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science is capable of copying an example of dance demonstrated by a teacher after memorizing the patterns of bodily movements of the dance...The day may come when forms of traditional Japanese entertainment will be conveyed from humans to robots

Edited: Video links now dead

[goldenboy_ge]

A Dancing robot

[vir-jin]

That's awesome! In Germany they are building up an archive on dancing figures, modern dance and classical ballet, also on Japanese Kyogen recorded on DVD. I saw some in my classes here in Tokyo. They have done a lot of work already.

The ZKM_Media Museum(Karlsruhe, Germany) is the world's first and only museum for interactive art. Its thematic spectrum covers such areas as interactive film, simulation techniques for Cyberspace and the use of latest software applications on the Internet. In the Media Museum we see the juxtaposition of media art with popular games or research projects with didactic work spaces – and the critical debate surrounding the products of commercial and global culture is met head on. One focal point is the interactive media art gallery, where examples of this new form clearly document its development. Installations and environments show various strategies used to involve the viewer in the works and demonstrate the creative employment of new technologies.

http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/e/institute/medienmuseum

[goldenboy_ge]

That's awesome! In Germany they are building up an archive on dancing figures, modern dance and classical ballet, also on Japanese Kyogen recorded on DVD. I saw some in my classes here in Tokyo. They have done a lot of work already.

The ZKM_Media Museum(Karlsruhe, Germany) is the world's first and only museum for interactive art. Its thematic spectrum covers such areas as interactive film, simulation techniques for Cyberspace and the use of latest software applications on the Internet. In the Media Museum we see the juxtaposition of media art with popular games or research projects with didactic work spaces &#8211]

http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/e/institute/medienmuseum

Wow, I didn't know that, though I live a few Km from Karlsruhe.

[vir-jin]

Wow, I didn't know that, though I live a few Km from Karlsruhe.[/quote]

Golden Boy, are you German? If you are your English is far better than mine

[Red Floyd]

Yeah, all they're doing is dancing, for now. Get your EMP guns ready.

[GuyJean]

A Dancing robot

Yeah.. Sony's been dancing for a couple years now..


http://tokyodv.com/news/Robodex2003SDR-4XII.html

They can even Sig Heil!

GJ

[Mulboyne]

Buy your own toy Dancing Robot on Yahoo Auctions
http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c85912297